title: Rigorous biogenetic network for a group of indole alkaloids derived from strictosidine.
abstract: Strictosidine, the precursor of more than 2,500 indole alkaloids, was isolated from four species of three plant families. By searching the Dictionary of Natural Products on DVD it was found that about 150 indole alkaloids were obtained from the same species (coalkaloids), which is a direct proof of their common origin. On the base of their three-dimensional structure, taxonomic properties and standard reaction mechanisms an extended network was established which involved the four fundamental skeletons, the three types of carbon framework in the secologanin subunit and all major groups of indole alkaloids derived from secologanin and tryptamine (except a few minor groups, in which only less then 10 alkaloids were known). The system was extended to the heterodimer indole alkaloids and the quinoindole alkaloids as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Semmelweis University, Hogyes utca 7, H-1092 Budapest, Hungary. szalasz@szerves.sote.hu
authors.forename: László F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Szabó
mesh_terms: D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry; D014363:Tryptamines / Q000737:chemistry; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D014363:Tryptamines; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids; C021093:strictosidine; C030820:tryptamine
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