ABsm.icT.-Alkaloid extracts from Biifilisifi fiztstrtilis leaves, analyzed by capillary gas chromatography and gc/ms, were shown to contain sparteine ( l ) , lupanine (6), cytisine (3), A'-methylcytisine (2), anagyrine (U), 17-ososparteine (ll), 13-hydroxyanagyrine (lo), Fi,C~dehydrolupanine (4), tinctorine (7) (new for Bnplzsiti), isot inctorine ( 5 ) (new alkaloid) and 13-acetoxyanagyrine (9) (new alkaloid).The alkaloid content of cell suspension criltures was three orders lower than that (Jf the differentiated plants; lripanine figured as the only alkaloid. A biogenetic pathway w*ith lripanine biosynthesis as the central part, from which the a-pyridone alkaloids derive via 5,Gdehydrolupanine (4), is discussed.