Alkaloid-screening of Plants from Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum.

Abstract
In semi-quantitative screening of twenty-five plants, cultivated in Arizona, alkaloid concentrations larger than 0.01% of the dried material were estimated to present in the following species in which alkaloids have not knowingly been reported previously to occur: Cneorum tricoccon, CondaUa lycioides, Larrea divaricata, Olea europaea, Santolina Chamaecyparissus, Porlieria angustifolia, and Zizyphus jujuba. Sonnenschein''s reagent and silicotungstic acid reagent may five false-positive reactions.

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