Californidine is an alkaloid with the molecular formula C20H20NO4+. It has been isolated from extracts of the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica),[1][2] from which it gets its name, and from other plants of the genus Eschscholzia.[3][4]
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^Slavik, Jiri; Slavikova, L.; Haisova, K. (1967). "Alkaloids of Papaveraceae. XXXVI. Further alkaloids of Eschscholtzia douglasii and E. glauca, and on the constitution of californidine". Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 32 (12): 4420–4430.
^Slavik, Jiri; Slavikova, Leonora (1986). "Alkaloids of the Papaveraceae. Part LXXXII. On alkaloids from the aerial parts of three Eschscholtzia species". Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 51 (8): 1743–1751. doi:10.1135/cccc19861743.