Imidazole alkaloids from Lepidium meyenii

  • J Nat Prod. 2003 Aug;66(8):1101-3. doi: 10.1021/np030031i.
Baoliang Cui  1 ,  Bo Lin Zheng ,  Kan He ,  Qun Yi Zheng
Affiliations
  • 1. PureWorld Botanicals, Inc., South Hackensack, New Jersey 07606, USA.
PMID: 12932133 DOI: 10.1021/np030031i
Abstract

Two new Imidazole Alkaloids (lepidiline A and lepidiline B) have been isolated from a root extract of Lepidium meyenii with the common name Maca and identified as 1,3-dibenzyl-4,5-dimethylimidazolium chloride (1) and 1,3-dibenzyl-2,4,5-trimethylimidazolium chloride (2), respectively. The structures of these two new compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction performed on compound 1.

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