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  2. Effect of oxindole alkaloids from the hooks of Uncaria macrophylla on thiopental-induced hypnosis

Effect of oxindole alkaloids from the hooks of Uncaria macrophylla on thiopental-induced hypnosis

  • Phytomedicine. 1998 Apr;5(2):83-6. doi: 10.1016/S0944-7113(98)80002-0.
I Sakakibara 1 H Takahashi S Terabayashi M Yuzurihara M Kubo A Ishige M Higuchi Y Komatsu M Okada M Maruno C Biqiang H X Jiang
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  • 1 Tsumura Central Research Laboratories, Amimachi, Inashikigun, Ibaraki, Japan.
Abstract

Four tetracyclic oxindole Alkaloids, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, corynoxine and corynoxine B were isolated from the hooks of Uncaria macrophylla Wall. (Rubiaceae), that is a dominant plant widely distributed in Yunnan province. These compounds exhibited prolongation of the thiopental-induced hypnosis on oral administration in mice.

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