JOURNAL ARTICLE

Two Novel Lycopodium Alkaloids from Huperzia serrata

Abstract

Huperzine Q (1) and N-oxyhuperzine Q (2), two novel irregular fawcettimine-type Lycopodium alkaloids were isolated from the CHCl3 fraction of the basic material of the whole plant of the Chinese medicinal herb Huperzia serrata. Their structures were determined as 13-epi-13β,16-epoxydihydrofawcettimine (1) and N-oxy-13-epi-13β,16-epoxydihydrofawcettimine (2) by means of spectroscopic studies and X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Keywords:
Lycopodium Chemistry Herb Huperzine A Boswellia serrata Stereochemistry Botany Traditional medicine Medicinal herbs Organic chemistry Biology

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Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Pharmacology
Botanical Research and Chemistry
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