Planta Med 2006; 72(3): 264-266
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873195
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

New Indole N-Oxide Alkaloids from Evodia fargesii

Shi-Jin Qu1 , Quan-Wen Liu2 , Chang-Heng Tan1 , Shan-Hao Jiang1 , Da-Yuan Zhu1
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
  • 2Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, P. R. China
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Publication History

Received: May 23, 2005

Accepted: June 29, 2005

Publication Date:
05 December 2005 (online)

Abstract

Three new indole N-oxide alkaloids, fargesine (5-hydroxy-12-methyl-10,11,12,13-tetrahydro-1H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indole N 12-oxide, 1), plectocomine 12-methyl-5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside N 12-oxide (2), and bufotenine 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside N 12-oxide (3), were isolated from the root and stem of Evodia fargesii Dode along with five known compounds. The structures of the new alkaloids were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.

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Prof. Da-Yuan Zhu

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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