Flueggenines A and B, two novel C,C-linked dimeric indolizidine alkaloids from Flueggea virosa
Li-She Gan1, Cheng-Qi Fan, Sheng-Ping Yang
1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, PR China.
Abstract:
[structure: see text] Two unprecedented C,C-linked dimeric indolizidine alkaloids, flueggenines A (1) and B (2), as well as their biosynthetic precursor (-)-norsecurinine, were isolated from the roots of Flueggea virosa. Their structures and absolute configurations were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, especially 2D NMR and CD spectral analyses, and supported by their unique biosynthetic pathway as proposed. Both 1 and 2 were tested against two tumor cell lines, and alkaloid 1 showed weak activity against the P-388 cell line.
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