Planta Med 2014; 80 - PD34
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382455

Indole alkaloids from Rauvolfia vomitoria

S Liang 1, 2, Z Ali 1, IA Khan 1, 3
  • 1National Center for Natural Products Research
  • 3Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS 38677
  • 2Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Engineering Research Center of Modern Preparation Technology of TCM, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201203, China

Rauvolfia vomitoria Afz is an important plant of the Apocynaceae family which can be used for the treatment of hypertension and psychiatric disorders. As part of our research on alkaloids, eight indole alkaloids such as, 1 – 4, in addition to two iridoids, were isolated from methanol extract of the stem of R. vomitoria. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of NMR and MS spectroscopic data.

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