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T S S P N S Sanath Kumar1, G L David Krupadanam, K Akshaya Kumar
1Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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A new furoquinoline alkaloid, 5-hydroxydictamnine, along with β-sitosterol was isolated from the heartwood of Atalantia monophylla. The structure of this alkaloid was established by chemical and spectral evidences together with a nuclear overhauser effect (NOE) experiment.
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