Methods based on micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) with fluorimetric detection have been developed for two case studies. In the first, six B-carbolines (harmol, harmalol, harmane, norharmane, harmine and harmaline) were fully separated allowing the application of the method for the determination of these alkaloids in Passiflora incarnata L. formulations, in Passiflora alata Dryander dry extract and in urine. The chromatographic separation was performed on a C18 column using a buffered mobile phase consisting of disodium hydrogen phosphate (pH 8.0) containing 220 mmol L-1 of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/acetonitrile (97/3 percent v/v). The fluorimetric detection allowed limits of detection (LOD) below than 3.6 ng g-1 to be achieved with intermediary precision and repeatability between 0.1 and 5 percent. The calculated combined uncertainties of the concentration of B-carbolines were between 1 and 9 percent. The proposed method was compared with the method based on micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) with absortionmetric detection. The MLC results were superior from the viewpoint of the detection power (since they are very fluorescent alkaloids) and also in terms of recovery. The harmol was quantified in Passiflora incarnata phitotherapic samples and in urine collected from a voluntary after of the administration of herbal medicine. The harmine was detected only in the phitotherapic sample. The norharmane, harmine and harmaline alkaloids were identified in Passion Fruit tea, which contained dry extract of Passiflora alata Dryander. In the second approach, a method for MLC was developed for the determination of galantamine and its main metabolites (N-demethyl galantamine, O-demethyl galantamine, epigalantamine and N-oxide galantamine). The separation was performed using a C18 chromatography column with porosity of 300 angstroms and with mobile phase consisting of buffer (pH 5.0) containing SDS (25 mmol L-1)/acetonitrile (97/3 percent v/v). The fluorimetric detection enabled LOD below 343 ng g-1 with intermediate precision and repeatability between 2.2 and 4 percent. Combined uncertainties for concentration of galantamine and metabolites were between 0.3 and 11 percent. Recovery experiments were performed on urine samples fortified with galantamine standards and metabolites with results between 91.4 and 114.8 percent. A comparison between the proposed MLC method and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography was made using medicine samples containing galantamine hydrobromide as the active principle. Galantamine levels and variances achieved with these methods were statistically equal. The analytical curve sensitivity by MLC was two times higher than that found with reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. Analysis of rat urine, collected after the administration of the medicine, were performed with the proposed method enabling the identification of galantamine, N-oxide galantamine and N-demethyl galantamine. To better evaluate the fluorescence amplification effect of galantamine in the organized environment, experiments were made with conventional chromatographic separation and post-column addition of the aqueous solution rich in micelles. The separation conditions included the use of C18 chromatographic column, mobile phase consisting of buffer (pH 5.0) containing 2 percent of propan-2-ol (v/v)/acetonitrile (80/20 percent v/v). The micellar solution of SDS (100 mmol L-1), added after the chromatographic column, was prepared with the same composition of the mobile phase. The column temperature was 25 degrees C and the sample volume was 20 uL. The sensitivity of the analytical curve of galantamine was three times higher when the micellar solution was mixed, proving that the organized environment favors the galantamine fluorescence even at flow regime. Recoveries with or without post-column mixing with the micelle rich solution were between 97.5 and 102.2 percent.