Alkaloids,limonoids and furocoumarins from three Mexican Esenbeckia species |
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Authors: | David L Dreyer |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The chemical constituents of three Mexican Esenbeckia species have been determined. Rutaevin was the main limonoid present in the seeds of all three species, E. litoralis, E. flava and E. berlandieri. The husks, leaves, wood and bark contained a wide array of known furocoumarins and furoquinoline alkaloids. In addition, 1-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylacridone was obtained from E. litoralis bark and a new natural 2-quinolone alkaloid, formulated as 3,3-diisopropyl-N-methyl-2,4-quinoldione, was obtained from E. flava wood. The structure was assigned from spectroscopic considerations and conversion to N-methylhaplofoline. |
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Keywords: | Rutaceae limonoids furoquinoline alkaloids furocoumarins structure determination chemotaxonomy |
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