Two New Pyrrolidine Alkaloids, Radicamines A and B, as Inhibitors of α-Glucosidase from Lobelia chinensis LOUR

July 28, 2017

Title

Two New Pyrrolidine Alkaloids, Radicamines A and B, as Inhibitors of α-Glucosidase from Lobelia chinensis LOUR

Author

Makio Shibano, Daisuke Tsukamoto, Atsuko Masuda, Yasuko Tanaka, Genjiro Kusano

Year

2001

Journal

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Abstract

Two new pyrrolidine alkaloids, radicamines A and B were isolated as inhibitors of α-glucosidase from Lobelia chinensis LOUR. (Campanulaceae). Radicamines A and B were formulated as (2S,3S,4S,5S)-2-hydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine (1) and (2S,3S,4S,5S)-2-hydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine (2) on the basis of spectroscopic analyses and chemical methods.

Instrument

J-820

Keywords

Circular dichroism, Absolute configuration, Pharmaceutical