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  2. Koumine, Humantenine, and Yohimbane Alkaloids from Gelsemium elegans

Koumine, Humantenine, and Yohimbane Alkaloids from Gelsemium elegans

  • J Nat Prod. 2015 Jul 24;78(7):1511-7. doi: 10.1021/np5009619.
You-Kai Xu 1 Lin Yang 1 Shang-Gao Liao 2 Pei Cao 3 Bin Wu 3 Hua-Bin Hu 1 Juan Guo 1 Ping Zhang 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 †Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 ‡Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicines and TCM, School of Pharmacy, Guiyang Medical College, 9 Beijing Road, Guiyang, Guizhuo 550004, People's Republic of China.
  • 3 §State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, People's Republic of China.
Abstract

Nine new Alkaloids of the koumine (1-4), humantenine (5-7), and yohimbane (8, 9) types as well as 12 known analogues were isolated from the leaves and vine stems of Gelsemium elegans. Compound 1 is the first N-4-demethyl alkaloid of the koumine type, compound 7 is the first nor-humantenine alkaloid, and compounds 8 and 9 are the first N-1-oxide and the first seco-E-ring Alkaloids, respectively, of the yohimbane type. Compounds 1 and 7 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against five human tumor cell lines with IC50 values in the range 4.6-9.3 μM.

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