New alkaloids from Aconitum taipaicum and their cytotoxic activities

Natural Product Research
2014.0

Abstract

Three new aconitine-type C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, taipeinines A-C (1-3), were isolated from the roots of Aconitum taipaicum. The chemical structures of these three compounds were established as (1alpha,6alpha,8alpha,14alpha,16alpha)-20-ethyl-8,14-dihydroxy-1,6,16-trimethoxy-4-(methoxymethyl)-aconitane (1), (1alpha,6alpha,8alpha,14alpha,16beta)-20-ethyl-8,14-dihydroxy-1,6,16-trimethoxy-4-(methoxymethyl)-aconitane (2) and (1alpha,6alpha,8alpha,14alpha,16alpha)-20-ethyl-1,8,14-trihydroxy-6,16-dimethoxy-4-(methoxymethyl)-aconitane (3), respectively, on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, mainly MS, 1D and 2D NMR. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were also assayed, and the results were quite impressive.

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