Unusual phenethylamine-containing alkaloids from Elaeocarpus tectorius

• Main Authors: Ezeoke, Margret Chinonso, Krishnan, Premanand, Sim, Dawn Su Yin, Lim, Siew Huah, Low, Yun Yee, Chong, Kam Weng, Lim, Kuan Hon
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22099/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.12.003
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

From the leaves of Elaeocarpus tectorius (Lour.) Poir. four previously undescribed phenethylamine-containing alkaloids were isolated, namely, tectoricine, possessing an unprecedented isoquinuclidinone ring system incorporating a phenethylamine moiety, tectoraline, representing a rare alkamide incorp...