Two new tropane alkaloids from the bark of Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Mart. (Erythroxylaceae)

Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Oct;4(10):1337-40.

Abstract

Two new tropane alkaloid N-oxides substituted by a methylpyrrole moiety were isolated from the bark of Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Mart. (Erythroxylaceae), a Brazilian indigenous plant, locally known as catuaba and used in traditional medicine as an aphrodisiac. The alkaloid structures were determined by a combination of high resolution mass spectrometry and multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Erythroxylaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Bark / chemistry*
  • Tropanes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Tropanes