Profiling of Alkaloids and Eremophilanes in Miracle Tea (Packera candidissima and P. bellidifolia) Products

• Published in: Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 75; no. 5; pp. 890 - 895
• Main Authors: Fragoso-Serrano, Mabel, Figueroa-González, Gabriela, Castro-Carranza, Erick, Hernández-Solis, Francisco, Linares, Edelmira, Bye, Robert, Pereda-Miranda, Rogelio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WASHINGTON American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy 25.05.2012; Amer Chemical Soc
• Subjects: Asteraceae - chemistry; Chemistry, Medicinal; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid - methods; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Mexico; Molecular Structure; Naphthalenes - analysis; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Plant Sciences; Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids - analysis; Science & Technology; Sesquiterpenes; Tea - chemistry; METABOLITES; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS

Commercial preparations of the Mexican herbal drug known as “miracle tea” (Packera candidissima and P. bellidifolia) have been profiled qualitatively by HPLC and GC-MS. Eremophilanes (3–7) were the major components found in the hexane-soluble fraction, while pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) were identi...