Abstract-Three new alkaloids, galanthamine N-oxide, sanguinine N-oxide and lycoramine N-oxide were isolated from Lycoris sanguinea var. Kiushiana Makino. ... INTRODUCTION Over 100 alkaloids have been isolated from members of the Amaryllidaceae [l, 21. Recently, Riguera and co-workers reported the first examples of naturally occurring N-oxides from this family [3]. Previously, we reported [4] the isolation of galanthamine (1) and sangui- nine (2) from ...