Indole alkaloids and other constituents of Rauwolfia serpentina

J Nat Prod. 2005 Jun;68(6):848-52. doi: 10.1021/np058007n.

Abstract

From the dried roots of Rauwolfia serpentina were isolated five new indole alkaloids, N(b)-methylajmaline (1), N(b)-methylisoajmaline (2), 3-hydroxysarpagine (3), yohimbinic acid (4), isorauhimbinic acid (5), a new iridoid glucoside, 7-epiloganin (6), and a new sucrose derivative, 6'-O-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)glomeratose A (7), together with 20 known compounds. The structures of the new compounds were determined by spectroscopic and chemical means. The inhibitory activities of the selected alkaloids on topoisomerase I and II and their cytotoxicity against the human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cell lines were assessed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Indole Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Rauwolfia / chemistry*
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Indole Alkaloids