title: Isolation and chemotaxonomic significance of tuberostemospironine-type alkaloids from Stemona tuberosa.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
authors.forename: Ren-Wang
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Po-Ming
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hon
authors.forename: Yan-Tong
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yiu-Man
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Hong-Xi
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Pang-Chui
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Paul Pui-Hay
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: But
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012015:Reference Standards; D013045:Species Specificity; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D041901:Stemonaceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C509532:6-hydroxycroomine; D000470:Alkaloids; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D013141:Spiro Compounds; C082845:croomine; D004247:DNA