title: On-line identification of tropane alkaloids from Erythroxylum vacciniifolium by liquid chromatography-UV detection-multiple mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry.
abstract: The bark of catuaba (Erythroxylum vacciniifolium Martius, Erythroxylaceae), a tree native to the northern part of Brazil, was investigated for its alkaloid content. With the aim of obtaining preliminary structure information on-line, the alkaloid extract was analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to diode array UV detection, to mass spectrometry and to nuclear magnetic resonance. Interpretation of on-line spectroscopic data obtained from this extract led to structural elucidation of six new alkaloids and partial identification of 18 potentially original alkaloids bearing the same tropane skeleton esterified in positions 3 and 6 by 1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-carboxylic acid and/or 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacognosie et Phytochimie, Université de Lausanne, BEP, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zanolari
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wolfender
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guilet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: M Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Paulo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hostettmann
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D030921:Erythroxylaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods*; D014326:Tropanes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D014326:Tropanes