Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1995; 61(6): 567-568DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959376 Letters © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkTwo Rare Alkaloids from Pratia nummularia Li-Kang Ho1 , Jun-Chih Ou2 , Mei-Ling Sun2 , Chang-Ming Sun2 1Department of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Republic of China 2National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Hsien, 231 Taiwan, Republic of China Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Two rare alkaloids, 1-(2-,N-methylpiperidyl)-butan-2-one (1) and l-(2-N-methylpiperidyl)-pentan-2-one (2), were identified from the medicinal plant Pratia nummularia. The structure of 1 was elucidated by means of spectroscopic methods. Compound 2 was established by spectral comparison with synthetic material. PDF (173 kb)
