Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (Dec 2003)
<b>Nauclefolinine: A new alkaloid from the roots of <i>Nauclea latifolia</i></b>
Abstract
A novel indole alkaloid, nauclefolinine (1) and five known triterpenic compounds, rotundic acid (2), α-L-rhamnoquinovic acid (3), 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-sitosterol (4), squalene (5) and sitosterol-3-O-6’-stearoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (6) have been isolated from the roots of Nauclea latifolia.
