Coca alkaloid

Alkaloid found in the coca plant

Coca alkaloids are the alkaloids found in the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca.[1] They are predominantly of either the pyrrolidine or the tropane types.


Tropane-type alkaloids

  • Benzoylecgonine
  • Cocaine
  • Ecgonidine
  • Ecgonine
  • Hydroxytropacocaine
  • Methylecgonine cinnamate
  • Tropacocaine
  • Truxilline

Pyrrolidine-type alkaloids

  • Cuscohygrine
  • Dihydrocuscohygrine
  • Hygrine
  • Nicotine

See also

References

  1. ^ Variation of Alkaloid Content in Erythroxylum coca Leaves from Leaf Bud to Leaf Drop. Emanuel L. Johnson and Stephen D. Emche, Ann. Bot., 1994, volume 73, issue 6, pages 645-650, doi:10.1006/anbo.1994.1081


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