Fractionation of an alkaloid extract of Psychotria colorata flowers le
d to the isolation of six alkaloids, identified by UV, 1D and 2D NMR,
and MS as (-)-calycanthine, isocalycanthine, (+)-chimonanthine, hodgki
nsine, quadrigemine C, and a new alkaloid (1), whose structure was ded
uced by X-ray analysis to be (8-8a),(8'-8'a)-tetradehydroisocalycanthi
ne 3a(R), 3'a(R).