Alcalóides e outros metabólitos do caule e frutos de Zanthoxylum tingoassuiba A. St. Hil Alkaloids and other metabolites from stems and fruits of Zanthoxylum tingoassuiba A. St. Hil

Abstract

Phytochemical investigation of this species, popularly known as tinguaciba and used in traditional medicine to various diseases, resulted in the isolation of 15 substances: 2 alkaloids - norchelerythrine and arnottianamide; 1 lignan - sesamin; 4 terpenoids - citronellyl acetate, lupeol, α-bisabolol and spatulenol; 5 coumarins described for the first time - xanthotoxin, isopimpinelin, O-prenylumbelliferone, imperatorin and aurapten, 1 protoalkaloid - methyl N-methylanthranilate and 2 steroids - stigmasterol and β-sitosterol. The structures of the compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and compared with literature data.

Keywords

• Zanthoxylum tingoassuiba
• Rutaceae
• alkaloids