The application of ionic liquids aqueous solutions as solvents in the microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) technique was developed for the extraction of lycorine, lycoramine and galanthamine from Lycoris. Effects of different ionic liquids and the concentration of selected ionic liquids on MAE were investigated, and tradition organic solvent and extraction techniques were compared. The optimal MAE conditions were that the solvent was 1.5 mol/L 1-buthyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [bmim]Cl solution, the rati...