Stemocurtisine, the first pyrido[1,2-a]azapine Stemona alkaloid

Authors

Pitchaya Mungkornasawakul, Chiang Mai University
Stephen G. Pyne, University of WollongongFollow
Araya Jatisatienr, Chiang Mai University
Damrat Supyen, Chiang Mai University
Wilford Lie, University of Wollongong
Alison T. Ung, University of Wollongong
Brian W. Skelton, University of Western Australia
Allan H. White, University of Western Australia

RIS ID

9894

Publication Details

Mungkornasawakul, P., Pyne, S. G., Jatisatienr, A., Supyen, D., Lie, W., Ung, A. T., Skelton, B. W. & White, A. H. (2003). Stemocurtisine, the first pyrido[1,2-a]azapine Stemona alkaloid. Journal of Natural Products, 66 (7), 980-982.

Abstract

A new pentacyclic stemona alkaloid, stemocurtisine (2), with a novel pyrido[1,2-a]azapine A,B-ring system, has been isolated from a root extract of Stemona curtisii. The structure and relative stereochemistry was determined by spectral data interpretation and X-ray crystallography.