Planta Med 1996; 62(4): 368-370
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957909
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5-Benzoyl-5-deacetylwilforidine: A New Sesquiterpene Nicotinoyl Alkaloid from Maytenus buchananii

Kumara V. S. Sekar, Jean-Michel Campagne, Albert T. Sneden
  • Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 842006, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2006, U.S.A.
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1995

1996

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

A new sesquiterpene nicotinoyl alkaloid has been isolated from Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) R. Wilczek and identified as 5-benzoyl-5-deacetylwilforidine (1). This appears to be the first sesquiterpene nicotinoyl alkaloid based on hydroxywilfordic acid with a benzoyl group at C-5.