Investigation of alkaloids of Anabasis aphylla (Chenopodiaceae)

The aerial part of Iraqi Anabasis aphylla (Chenopodiaceae) had been inv estigated for its alkaloidal contents.The alkaloid anabasine [2-(3-pyridyl)-piperidine] [1] aphy llidine were isolated from an ethanolic extract of the plant. Isolation of the alkaloid was done by column chromatography followed by preperative thin layer chromatography . Identification of the isolated alkaloid was done by different spectroscopic methods (UV,IR), refractive index TLC using authentic sample preparation of a salt.