The bulbs of Ammocharis coranica yielded eight alkaloids: lycorine, acetylcaranine and crinamine, which have been reported previously from A. coranica, 1w-O-acelyllycorine, hippadine, 6 alpha-hydroxypowelline and hamayne, which have been reported from other members of the Amaryllidaceae, 1-O-acetyl-9-O-demethylpluviine, which has not been described previously, and the known cycloartane compounds: 24-methylenecycloartan-3 beta-ol cycloeucalenol, cycloeucalenone and also 24-methylenepollinastanone: which has not been described previously. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.