Alkaloids Analysis Services
Alkaloids are a group of plant secondary metabolites, which are the defense mechanism of plants against biotic stress. They are found in different parts of plants such as in underground stems (sanguinaria), roots (belladonna root), seeds (areca), and barks (cinchona)[1]. Plant-derived alkaloids have medicinal value include the analgesics morphine and codeine, the antiviral adenine, the antispasmodic atropine and hyoscyamine, the gout suppressant colchicine, the anticancer agents vinblastine and taxol, the antiarrhythmic ajmaline, the antibiotic sanguinarine, and the sedative scopolamine[2]. In addition, alkaloids are also used to treat a variety of diseases such as anxiety, epilepsy, dementia, memory impairment, depression, Prkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease.
The qualitative and quantitative analysis of alkaloids plays an important role in their research and application. Alfa Chemistry offers alkaloids analysis services to customers. Please contact us if you need help.
Our Service Scope
Alfa Chemistry has developed sensitive and accurate analysis methods to realize the qualitative and quantitative analysis of alkaloids. We can provide analysis services for non-heterocyclic alkaloids and heterocyclic alkaloids. We can also analyze multiple alkaloids in plants simultaneously.
- Alfa Chemistry offers analysis services for non-heterocyclic alkaloids. These non-heterocyclic alkaloids include colchicines, ephedrines, erythromycins, taxols, and so on.
- Alfa Chemistry offers analysis services for heterocyclic alkaloids. These heterocyclic alkaloids include tropane alkaloids (cocaine and atropine), purine alkaloids (caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, theacrine, and nicotine), pyrrolizidine alkaloids, terpenoid indole alkaloids (vinblastine and vincristine), benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (morphine, codeine, sanguinarine, berberine, noscapine, and tubocurarine), and so on.
Our Analysis Process
Alkaloids quantitative analysis
Alkaloids extraction methods:
Alfa Chemistry utilizes traditional extraction methods such as liquid-liquid extraction or solid-phase extraction for alkaloids extraction. In addition, capillary electrophoresis has also been developed by Alfa Chemistry for the extraction of alkaloids in plants.
Alkaloids quantitative analysis methods:
Alkaloids quantitative analysis methods include high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and others.
Our Advantages
Alfa Chemistry has leading technology, first-class research and development as well as analytical equipment, and has established a complete alkaloids analysis system. Over the years, customers have turned to us not only for our expertise in innovation but for our reputation for agility and for delivering results on time and under budget. Our advantages include, but are not limited to the following.
- Alfa Chemistry has a rigorous extraction procedure to ensure the recovery of alkaloids.
- Alfa Chemistry has advanced technical platforms to ensure the accuracy of quantitative results of alkaloids.
- Alfa Chemistry provides industry-approved analysis reports to ensure the authenticity of the data.
- Alfa Chemistry has experienced experts to offer professional advice on alkaloids research.
- Alfa Chemistry has professional and reliable pre-sales and after-sales service that is responsible for the data to the end.
Please contact us if you have questions about alkaloids analysis. We will provide you with professional and high quality services.
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References
- Kumar, A.; et al. Recent advances in the analysis of plant alkaloids by capillary electrophoresis and micellar electrokinetic chromatography. Separation science plus. 2021, 4: 401-412.
- Heinrich, M.; et al. Alkaloids used as medicines: structural phytochemistry meets biodiversity-an update and forward look. Molecules. 2021, 26: 1836.
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