How do scientists extract galantamine from daffodils????

Question

I'm curious to know how it's done,I know galantamine is used to slow down the process of dementia and I'm just curious as to what goes into making the extraction etc

Answer 1

Galantamine (trade names Razadyne, Razadyne ER, Reminyl, Nivalin, Memeron) is a drug developed by Janssen Pharmaceutica and more recently by CerebralHealth.com used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. It is an alkaloid that is obtained synthetically from the bulbs and flowers of the Caucasian snowdrop (Voronov’snowdrop), Lycoris radiata (Red Spider Lily), Galanthus woronowii (Amaryllidaceae) and related species. The active ingredient was discovered accidentally by a Bulgarian pharmacologist in the 1950s

Answer 2

It is an alkaloid that is obtained synthetically from the bulbs and flowers of the Caucasian snowdrop