Two pyrrolizidine alkaloids, heliscabine and retronecine, have been is
olated from Heliotropium scabrum and their structures elucidated by ph
ysicochemical methods. Heliscabine, a new ester alkaloid is 1 alpha-an
gelyloxymethyl-8 alpha-pyrrolizidine-1 beta,7 beta-diol (9-angelyl hel
ibractinecine).