Pyridine alkaloids from a Parthenium hybrid

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2002 Mar-Apr;57(3-4):211-5. doi: 10.1515/znc-2002-3-402.

Abstract

Two pyridine alkaloids were isolated from the derubberized resin of the hybrid Parthenium argentatum x P tomentosa. These alkaloids are (+/-)-N-[4-(1-aminoethyl) phenyl]-4-[3-methylbutenylidine]-1,4-dihydropyridine (guayulamine A) and (+/-)-N-[4-(1-aminoethyl) phenyl]-4-[4-methylpentenylidine]-1, 4-dihydropyridine (guayulamine B). The structures were established by one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Asteraceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Pyridines