Planta Med 2005; 71(11): 1073-1076
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873135
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Three New Diterpene Alkaloids from the Roots of Aconitum nagarum var. lasiandrum

Fan Zhang1 , Shu-Lin Peng1 , Xun Liao1 , Kai-Bai Yu2 , Li-Sheng Ding1
  • 1Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, P. R. China
  • 2Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, P. R. China
Further Information

Publication History

Received: February 16, 2005

Accepted: May 18, 2005

Publication Date:
18 October 2005 (online)

Abstract

Three new diterpene alkaloids, 16,17-dihydro-12β,16β-epoxynapelline (1), N-deethyl-N-methyl-12-epi-napelline (2) and 11-epi-16α,17-dihydroxylepenine (3), along with twenty-six known alkaloids (4 - 29) were isolated from the roots of Aconitum nagarum var. lasiandrum. The chemical structures of the new compounds were established by HR-MS as well as 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis. The absolute stereochemistry of 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.

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Li-Sheng Ding

Chengdu Institute of Biology

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chengdu 610041

People’s Republic of China

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Email: lsding@cib.ac.cn

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