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Planta Med 1984; 50(4): 358
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969733
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Quinoline alkaloids from Anthocephalus chinensis

S. S. Handa1 , S. K. Gupta1 , K. Vasisht1 , A. T. Keene2 , J. D. Phillipson2
  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy, The School of Pharmacy, 29-39, Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, U.K.
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1983

1984

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26 February 2007 (online)

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Abstract

Cinchonine and dihydrocinchonine have been found as minor alkaloids in the leaves of Anthocephalus chinensis grown in India. Quinoline alkaloids have not so far been found in the genus Anthocephalus. Their occurrence within this genus shows that it has a special place within the tribe Naucleeae and that there exists a chemical relationship with the genus Cinchona of the tribe Cinchoneae.