Sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids from Maytenus emarginata: Emarginatine-C and -D and cytotoxic emarginatine-E and emarginatinine

Phytochemistry
1994.0

Abstract

Four new sesquiterpene alkaloids, emarginatine-C, emarginatine-D, emarginatine-E and emarginatinine, were isolated from Maytenus emarginata. Emarginatine-E and emarginatinine showed cytotoxicity against human KB cells (ED50 = 2.5 and 2.1 μg ml-1, respectively). The structural determinations and activity relationships of these new compounds, and of emarginatine-A and emarginatine-B are discussed. © 1994.

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