Isolation and chemotaxonomic significance of tuberostemospironine-type alkaloids from Stemona tuberosa

  • Phytochemistry. 2006 Jan;67(1):52-7. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.10.004.
Ren-Wang Jiang  1 ,  Po-Ming Hon ,  Yan-Tong Xu ,  Yiu-Man Chan ,  Hong-Xi Xu ,  Pang-Chui Shaw ,  Paul Pui-Hay But
Affiliations
  • 1. Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
PMID: 16300811 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.10.004
Abstract

An alkaloid named 6alpha-hydroxycroomine (1) as well as the known croomine (2), both belonging to the tuberostemospironine-alkaloid type, were isolated from Stemona tuberosa as the major components. The structure of 1 was elucidated through extensive spectroscopic analyses. Comparison of the HPLC profiles of the total Alkaloids and the crude methanol extract showed that both compounds are naturally occurring. The first isolation of 1 and 2 from S. tuberosa has chemotaxonomic significance, confirming the close relationship between Stemona and Croomia. The trnL sequences of Plants from the four genera of Stemonaceae cluster together as a clade, further lending support to retaining them in a single family.

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