New norditerpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum vilmorinianum Komarov

J Nat Med. 2015 Oct;69(4):601-7. doi: 10.1007/s11418-015-0926-4. Epub 2015 Jul 1.

Abstract

Aconitum vilmorinianum Komarov is a local medicinal plant used in many well-known clinical preparations to treat rheumatism and pains in Yunnan Province, China. Phytochemical examination of the roots of A. vilmorinianum led to the isolation of three novel imine-type norditerpenoid alkaloids named vilmorrianines E-G (1-3), and a new natural alkaloid N-desethyl-N-formyl-8-O-methyltalatisamine (4), together with 14 known alkaloids. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence. Vilmorrianine E is the first known norditerpenoid alkaloid containing both an imine group and a three-membered ring formed by C8, C9, and C10.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aconitum / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Diterpenes