Alkaloids and other constituents from Tribulus terrestris

• Published in: Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 1411 - 1415
• Main Authors: Wu, Tian-Shung, Shi, Li-Shian, Kuo, Shang-Chu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: alkaloid; alkaloids; amide; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biological and medical sciences; chemical constituents of plants; Chemical constitution; chemical structure; fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; ketones; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Plant physiology and development; Plant Sciences; Science & Technology; spectral analysis; steroid; Tribulus terrestris; Zygophyllaceae; Asia; China; fruits; amide; Tribulus terrestris; alkaloid; Zygophyllaceae; steroid; Steroid; Alkaloid; Folk medicine; Molecular structure; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Isolation; Spermatophyta; Dry fruit; Medicinal plant
• ISSN: 0031-9422; 1873-3700
• DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)01086-8

Three new compounds, terrestribisamide, 25 R-spirost-4-en-3,12-dione and tribulusterine, together with 10 known compounds, N-p-coumaroyltyramine, terrestriamide, hecogenin, aurantiamide acetate, xanthosine, fatty acid ester, ferulic acid, vanillin, p-hydroxybenzoic acid and β-sitosterol, were isolated and characterized from dried fruits of Tribulus terrestris. Structures of these compounds were determined by spectral analysis.