Coptisine is an

alkaloid Alkaloids are a class of basic BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Th ...

found in Chinese goldthread ('' Coptis chinensis''),

greater celandine ''Chelidonium majus'', the greater celandine, is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. One of two species in the genus '' Chelidonium'', it is native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely in North A ...

, and opium. Famous for the bitter taste that it produces, it is used in Chinese herbal medicine along with the related compound

berberine Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt from the protoberberine group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids found in such plants as '' Berberis vulgaris'' (barberry), '' Berberis aristata'' (tree turmeric), ''Mahonia aquifolium'' (Oregon grape), '' H ...

for digestive disorders caused by bacterial infections.

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Isoquinoline alkaloids Benzodioxoles Quaternary ammonium compounds {{alkaloid-stub