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ALKALOIDS AND GLYCOSIDES

Name of the plant Name of the alkaloids and glycosides

Atropa belladonna Atropinum

Aloe arborescens Aloinum

Artemisia absinthium Absinthinum

Digitalis lanata Digitalinum

Vinca minor Vincaminum

Cephaelis ipecacuanha Emetinum

Papaver somniferum Papaverinum

Arbor Chinae Chininum

Names of glycosides formed with the suffix –zid:


Scilla maritima → Scillirosidum
Strophanthus gratus → Strophanthosidum
Corchorus olitorius → Olitorisidum

If some glycosides are formed from the same plant, their names hve the
same suffix, but different stems:
Galanthus Woronowi → Galanthinum
Galanthidinum
Galanthaminum

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