Alkaloids isolated from the lateral root of Aconitum carmichaelii

Molecules. 2012 Aug 20;17(8):9939-46. doi: 10.3390/molecules17089939.

Abstract

Two new alkaloids, aconicarmine (1) and aconicaramide (5), were isolated from the EtOH extract of the lateral roots of Aconitum carmichaelii, together with five known compounds: fuziline (2), neoline (3), N-ethylhokbusine B (4), 5-hydroxymethylpyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (6), and oleracein E (7). Their structures were elucidated by physical and NMR analysis. Pyrrole alkaloids were isolated from A. carmichaelii for the first time. In the in vitro assays, compounds 2 and 3 showed activity against pentobarbital sodiuminduced cardiomyocytes damage by obviously recovering beating rhythm and increasing the cell viability, while compounds 5 and 7 showed moderate antibacterial activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aconitum / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Cardiotonic Agents / chemistry
  • Cardiotonic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Cardiotonic Agents / pharmacology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pentobarbital / adverse effects
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Rats

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Cardiotonic Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Pentobarbital