INDOLOPYRIDOQUINAZOLINE, FUROQUINOLINE AND CANTHINONE TYPE ALKALOIDS FROM PHELLODENDRON-AMURENSE CALLUS TISSUES

Authors
IKUTA A NAKAMURA T URABE H
Citation
A. Ikuta et al., INDOLOPYRIDOQUINAZOLINE, FUROQUINOLINE AND CANTHINONE TYPE ALKALOIDS FROM PHELLODENDRON-AMURENSE CALLUS TISSUES, Phytochemistry, 48(2), 1998, pp. 285-291
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
285 - 291
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1998)48:2<285:IFACTA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Callus tissue from the stems of Phellodendron amurense (Rutaceae) prod uced the indolopyridoquinazoline type alkaloids, rutaecarpine, 7,8-deh ydrorutaecarpine, which is new from a natural source, canthin-6-one, a nd three furoquinoline alkaloids, dictamnine, gamma-fagarine and skimm ianine, as the main alkaloid components, along with a small amount of three isoquinoline alkaloids (berberine, palmatine and magnoflorine). The indolopyridoquinazoline and furoquinoline type alkaloids are isola ted for the first time from Phellodendron amurense. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.