Neocryptolepine and biscryptolapine, two new alkaloids, were isolated
from the root bark extract of the African medicinal plant, Cryptolepis
sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter (Periplocaceaa), and their structur
es elucidated on the basis of spectral evidence. The H-1 and C-13 NMR
assignments of cryptoquindoline, a known artefact, were revised.