Alkaloids from Balanites aegyptiaca

Fitoterapia. 2000 Jun;71(3):328-30. doi: 10.1016/s0367-326x(99)00149-5.

Abstract

High performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of a dichloromethane extract of the stem-barks of Balanites aegyptiaca has yielded two known alkaloids, N-trans-feruloyltyramine (1) and N-cis-feruloyltyramine (2), and three common metabolites, vanillic acid, syringic acid and 3-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-propanone.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Coumaric Acids / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Tyramine / analogs & derivatives
  • Tyramine / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Coumaric Acids
  • Plant Extracts
  • feruloyltyramine
  • Tyramine