Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Onosma erecta

J Nat Prod. 2013 Oct 25;76(10):1829-35. doi: 10.1021/np300785g. Epub 2013 Oct 9.

Abstract

The MeOH extract of the aerial parts of Onosma erecta afforded four new pyrrolizidine alkaloids, 7-O-acetylechinatine N-oxide (1), a viridinatine N-oxide stereoisomer (2), 7-epi-echimiplatine N-oxide (3), and onosmerectine N-oxide (4), and two additional new natural products, the acid 2,3-dimethyl-2,3,4-trihydroxypentanoic acid (5) and the acyloin 4-methyl-2-hydroxypentanone (6).

MeSH terms

  • Boraginaceae / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Greece
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids