New quinoline alkaloids from Ruta chalepensis.
The roots of Ruta chalepensis, collected from the northern Saudi desert, yielded two new quinoline alkaloids, namely, 2-¿6'-(2H-benzo[d]1' ',3' '-dioxolen-5' '-yl)hexyl¿-hydroquinolin-4-one (1) and 2-¿6'-(2H-benzo[d]1' ',3' '-dioxolen-5' '-yl)hexyl¿-4-methoxy-quinoline (2). Nine previously reported alkaloids, dictamnine, pteleine, skimmianine, rutacridone, isogravacridonechlorine, maculosidine, graveoline, graveolinine, and 4-methoxy-1-methyl-2(1H)-quinolinone, and coumarins, chalepensin, and umbelliferone were also isolated. Structure elucidations were based primarily on 1D and 2D NMR analyses and chemical transformations. Antimicrobial activity of these compounds is discussed.
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Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center and Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Said
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El-Feraly
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Ross
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D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
D000470:Alkaloids; D011804:Quinolines