| pubmed-article:9429318 | pubmed:abstractText | The isolation of three naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from the leaves of Ancistrocladus guineënsis is described. Their complete structures were established by spectroscopic, chiroptical and degradative methods. Thus, two hitherto unknown 5,8'-coupled naphthylisoquinoline, named ancistroguineines A and B, were isolated, constituting the first example of a pair of 3-epimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids. Moreover, ancistrotectorine, a 7,3'-coupled alkaloid previously known only from the South-East Asian species Ancistrocladus tectorius, was isolated. Its absolute stereostructure was confirmed by oxidative degradation and by comparison of experimental and calculated CD spectra. | lld:pubmed |
