Three novel β-carboline alkaloids from Gelsemium elegans.

Zhen Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yue-Hu Wang, Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Hui Yan, Ying-Tong Di, Hong-Ping He, Xiao-Jiang Hao

State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China.

Fitoterapia 2012 Jun

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Three novel β-carboline alkaloids characterized with a unique degraded monoterpenoid moiety, gelebolines A-C (1-3), together with 11 known alkaloids of different types, were isolated from the roots of Gelsemium elegans. The structures of new alkaloids were established on the basis of analysis of spectroscopic data. It is the first example for report of β-carboline from genus Gelsemium (Loganiaceae). Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Zhen Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yue-Hu Wang, Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Hui Yan, Ying-Tong Di, Hong-Ping He, Xiao-Jiang Hao. Three novel β-carboline alkaloids from Gelsemium elegans. Fitoterapia. 2012 Jun;83(4):704-8