Sparteine
An alkaloid obtained 4024. Alkaloids Detected by Picric from broom, also a volatile, oily liquid. Acid. Hager has found that this acid pre- Conine, nicotine, and sparteine are similar in cipitates various alkaloids from their solucharacter, being very poisonous, possessing tions, such as brucine, strychnine, veratrine, strong alkaline reaction, and forming crystal- quinine, cinchonine, and some alkaloids of lizable salts with the acids.