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Carl von Linne (70) in 1755 -ras the first to descriT^e Ana"basis 
aphjlla. It occurs on the shores of the Caspian sea. In 1797 he descri'bed 
4 additional species of this genus. 
3ogdanov-Iat 'kov (l2' in 1933 reported that Ana':asis aphr/jla (family 
Chenopodiacea-e) . grov;s ab-'mdatitly in the louver Volt;a region, sor.thern Ural, 
pjid especially. Kazs.kstan. The amount of anatasine contained in the plant 
depends on the stage of development; a sharp decline occurs during the 
flov/ering period and as the seeds mature, the inaximum "oeing found dixring 
the ve^-etative period "before and after floTvering. The raw material is, 
therefore, collected from the first of June till r:id-0ctcher, hut not 
during the time of flov?ering. The uipjciman qu.?jitity of the alkaloid 
(2.53 percent) is found in the small green twigs; the thick green "branches 
contain 0.37 percent, and the old woody ones only 0.17 percent. The best 
method of collection is to remove small t'^^igs s-t the level of the branch- 
ing of the main stem; in this ws-y it is possible to obtain a second crop 
of tT/igs 50 to 50 days after the first harvest. 
G-oryainov, G-oryainova, and Zoblova (38) in 1935 aitalyzed different 
parts of Anabasis aphylla and fo"ind the mazcimxm quantity of alkaloids 
(1.84 to 2.63 percent) in the small green twigs, whereas the thick green 
branches contained 0.25 to 0.41 percent. Anabasine was easily extracted 
from ground plant material with water. At 20° C. material containing 
2.98 percent of the alkaloids yielded 2.2 percent in 7 hoiars and 2.7 
percent in 48 hours when added to water at the rate of 30 pounds per 100 
imperial gallons. Heating or acidifying the water accelerated the ex- 
traction; at 70 to 80° all the alkaloids passed into the water, and in 
acidified cold water 2.7 percent was liberated in 7 houjrs. 
A lOT-iter -under the initials C-. Z-L (46) in April' 1937 wrote that, 
according to Balachowsiij' , j--naba.s:' s aretioides from Irenca North Africa 
contains no anabasine. 
Frein (ill) in 1938 reported Qn the alkaloids in different species 
of Anabasis. Alkaloids were fo^ond in samples of Ana- basi r^ a/ohylla, A. 
eugeniao , A. t run cat a , A. eriop oda , A. salsa , and A. rrjo eissima . The 
alkaloid content varied within the sa;'ie species according to the origin 
of the sample, e.g., from 4.31 to 1.29 percent in A. apnyl la, and from 
0.014 to 1.15 percent in A. salsa (considered alkaloid-free) . 
Ilyin (43) in 1938 reported on the possibilities of growing Anabasis 
aphylla . 
Of all the various species of Chenopodiaceae , only Ana basis a phylla 
contains anabasine. A large factorj-- situated near Chimket, U. S. S. E. , 
is solely devoted to the production of anabasine. Anaba sis P,t)hylla is 
usually found growing wild in the semiarid regions, although the nature 
of the soil does not play an important part. Cultivation should take 
place during the first part of the s-jmmer, in order that the roots of the 
young plants may reach the moist subsoil. The seeds ejre preferable to 
seedlings. Harvesting very near to the sxirface of the soil is recommended, 
because the plant, as a rule, assumes the sha.pe of a bush. The harvest 
from one plantation yielded approximately 5,000 kilograms of fresh, green, 
raw material. 
