Cathafiline and cathaformine, two novel aporphinoid alkaloids possessi
ng a N-(methoxycarbonyl) group, along with six known alkaloids, actino
daphnine, cassythine, isoboldine, cassameridine, cassamedine and lysic
amine, have been isolated and characterized from Cassytha filiformis.
The structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic ana
lyses and from chemical evidence. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All r
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