Two new alkaloids, haplotubinone (3) and haplotubine (4), were isolated fro
m the aerial parts of Haplophyllum tuberculatum together with the known lig
and diphyllin. The structures off the new alkaloids were established by spe
ctroscopic methods in conjunction with X-ray crystallographic analysis of 3
. In addition, the amide N-(2-phenylethyl)-benzamide has been identified in
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