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Sedative principles of the seeds ofZizyphus vulgaris var.spinosus have been characterized as sanjoinine-A (frangufoline), nuciferine and their congeners. Also, heattreatment of sanjoinine-A produced a more active artifact, sanjoinine-Ahl, which provides a scientific basis for heat-processing (roasting) of this Oriental medicine.
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Han, B.H., Park, M.H. Alkaloids are the sedative principles of the seeds ofZizyphus vulgaris var.spinosus . Arch. Pharm. Res. 10, 203–207 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02857740
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