Indole alkaloids from Hunteria zeylanica

Fourteen indole alkaloids were isolated and identified from the leaves and bark of Hunteria zeylanica: isocorymine, vobasine, (+)-eburnamenine, eburnamine, isoeburnamine, O-ethyleburnamine, O-methyleburnamine, O-methylisoeburnamine, pleiocarpamine, dihydrocorynantheol, yohimbol, epiyohimbol, tuboxen...

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Published inPhytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 349 - 350
Main Authors Arambewela, Lakshmi S.R., Khuong-Huu, Françoise
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 1981
Subjects
Apocynaceae
Hunteria zeylanica
indole alkaloids
medicinal plants
Sri Lanka
Apocynaceae
indole alkaloids
Hunteria zeylanica
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Summary:Fourteen indole alkaloids were isolated and identified from the leaves and bark of Hunteria zeylanica: isocorymine, vobasine, (+)-eburnamenine, eburnamine, isoeburnamine, O-ethyleburnamine, O-methyleburnamine, O-methylisoeburnamine, pleiocarpamine, dihydrocorynantheol, yohimbol, epiyohimbol, tuboxenine and hydroxy-17-decarbomethoxy-16-dihydroepiajmalicine. O-Ethyleburnamine, O-methylisoeburnamine, epiyobimbol and hydroxy-17-decarbomethoxy-16-dihydroepiajmalicine, although known products, were isolated for the first time from a natural source.
ISSN:0031-9422
1873-3700
DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(81)85127-8