Crinine in an alkaloid found in a variety of plants including many species in the family Amaryllidaceae.

It was first isolated and characterized in the 1950s as a constituent of several plants in the genus Crinum, from which it derives its name.

[1][2][3] Several laboratory syntheses of crinine have been reported.

[4][5][6][7] There are many alkaloids with a chemical structure similar to crinine and they are generally referred to as crinine-type alkaloids.

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