P. Jain et al., A 1,4-DISUBSTITUTED QUINOLIZIDINE FROM A MADAGASCAN MANTELLINE FROG (MANTELLA), Journal of natural products, 59(12), 1996, pp. 1174-1178
A major alkaloid, 217A, in skin extracts of a mantelline frog (Mantell
a baroni) was isolated by HPLC and the structure defined by H-1-NMR sp
ectral analysis as (1R,4S,10S)- or (1R,4R,10R)-1-methyl-4-(Z)-(1-pent-
2-en-4-ynyl) quinolizidine ii). Four other alkaloids-207I (2), 231A (3
), 233A (4), and 235E' (5)-detected in frog skin extracts are proposed
to be 1,4-disubstituted quinolizidines based on diagnostic mass and F
TIR spectra.