Isolation of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid 1-epialexine from Castanospermum australe

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 3; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.phytol.2010.04.003

ISSN

1876-7486

Autores

Laurence Jones, Jacqueline Hollinshead, George W. J. Fleet, Amber L. Thompson, D.J. Watkin, Zoltán A. Gál, Sarah F. Jenkinson, Atsushi Kato, Robert J. Nash,

Tópico(s)

Synthesis and Biological Activity

Resumo

The Australian leguminous tree Castanospermum australe contains the anti-viral glucose analogue indolizidine alkaloid castanospermine. As the result of a search for new bioactive carbohydrate-like compounds we now report the isolation of the novel polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloid, 1-epialexine, from the leaves and stems of C. australe. 1-Epialexine is a weak inhibitor of β-mannosidase from Cellullomonas fimi.

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