Up to six alkaloids were found to occur in the leaves including, in addition to those listed above,
thaliporphine (3), glaucine (4), and taspine (9), whereas the latex contained only 9. Taspine (9) is the
component that has been previously found to be responsible for the wound healing activity of C. lechleri
latex, and its mean concentration throughout the range examined was found to be 9% of the latex by dry
weight.