A New Alkaloid from Corydalis hendersonii

Abstract

A new isoquinoline alkaloid (6), along with nine known ones (1–5, 7–10), was isolated from the plateau plant Corydalis hendersonii, which is used as a traditional Tibetan medicine. The structure of the new compound was elucidated as 9-methyldecumbenine C by spectroscopic evidence.

Key words

Corydalis hendersonii - Papaveraceae - isoquinoline alkaloids - 9‐methyldecumbenine C

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