The purpose of this study was to develop a procedure for the quantitative analysis of the salts of the solanaceous alkaloids in the presence of their hydrolysis products. The salts taken were atropine sulfate, homatropine hydrobromide, homatropine methyl-bromide, scopolamine hydrobromide, and scopolamine methyl-bromide. The ferric hydroxamate procedure was used. The conditions necessary for a reproducible reaction were established; a procedure of sufficient sensitivity was developed which will allow unit dose analysis; and an analysis was developed which will permit the salts of the solanaceous alkaloids to be quantitatively analyzed in the presence of their degradation products.
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