Planta Med 2002; 68(4): 379-381
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-26754
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Two New Alkaloids of the Crinane Series from Pancratium sickenbergeri

Amina H. Abou-Donia1 , Masouda E. Amer1 , Fikria A. Darwish1 , Fahima F. Kassem1 , Hala M. Hammoda1 , Maged S. Abdel-Kader1, 2 , Bing-Nan Zhou2 , David G. I. Kingston2
  • 1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
  • 2Department of Chemistry, M/C 0212, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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May 25, 2001

October 20, 2001

Publikationsdatum:
02. Mai 2002 (online)

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Abstract

Two new alkaloids; ent-6α/6β-hydroxybuphanisine, (-)-8-demethylmaritidine and seven known alkaloids were isolated from Pancratium sickenbergeri grown in Egypt. Three of the known alkaloids were tested in the NCI cytotoxicity screen, but were found to be inactive.

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Dr. Maged Abdel-Kader

Department of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Pharmacy

Alexandria University

Alexandria

EGYPT

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