The C19 -diterpenoid alkaloids from Aconitum falconeri

Phytochemistry
1977.0

Abstract

In 1966, Singh et al. made a preliminary study of two new diterpenoid alkaloids (bishatisine and bishaconitine) from the roots of Aconitum falconeri Stapf (indigenous crude drug Bish, Bikh, or Mitha telia), but no detailed work has been reported since. This study describes the isolation (via pH gradient, thin layer, and column chromatography) and identification (using ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, basic hydrolysis, and comparison with authentic samples) of three C₁₉-diterpenoid alkaloids from A. falconeri roots: veratroylpseudaconine (1), pseudaconitine (2), and indaconitine (3). No atisine-type alkaloid or bishatisine was encountered. Veratroylpseudaconine, previously isolated as a minor constituent from Aconitum ox, is a major constituent of A. falconeri, whereas pseudaconitine is a minor alkaloid here. Alkaloid 1 was identified by its spectral data, hydrolysis yielding veratric acid and pseudaconine, and match with an authentic sample prepared from pseudaconitine. Alkaloids 2 and 3 were confirmed by their spectral similarity to known compounds and direct comparison with authentic samples.

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