title: Alkaloids from the stem bark of an Australian population of Zanthoxylum ovalifolium.
abstract: The aerial parts of Zanthoxylum ovalifolium (Rutaceae) have yielded the two novel benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids terihanine (8-demethylnitidine) and isoterihanine (9-demethylnitidine) together with nitidine, the unusual furoquinoline 5-methoxydictamnine, canthin-6-one and several common furocoumarins. The finding of benzo[c]phenanthridine and furoquinoline alkaloids in Australian material of this species confirms its chemical homogeneity throughout its range from India to Australia.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Phytochemistry and Pharmacology, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia.
authors.forename: Clynton W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Halstead
authors.forename: Paul I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Waterman
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D011793:Queensland; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D032106:Zanthoxylum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids