Three new terpenoid indole alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus
Lei Wang1, Yu Zhang, Hong-Ping He
1State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, PR China.
Planta Medica
|November 25, 2010
Abstract:
Three new terpenoid indole alkaloids, vidolicine (1), normacusine B N-oxide (2), and lochnerine N-oxide (3), together with seven known ones (4-10), were isolated from whole plants of Catharanthus roseus. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods (NMR, MS, UV, and IR). Cytotoxic activities of these isolates (1-10) were evaluated, but only compound 8 was active against HL-60, SMMC-7721, and A549 cell lines.


