Pyrrolizidine alkaloids of the endemic Mexican genus Pittocaulon and assignment of stereoisomeric 1,2-saturated necine bases

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-167

  Marín Loaiza, Juan Camilo ^a   Ernst, Ludger ^b   Beuerle, Till ^b   Theuring, Claudine ^b   Céspedes, Carlos L ^a,c   Hartmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Derivatization; Dihydroxyheliotridane; GC MS analysis; NMR analysis; Pittocaulon; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Turneforcidine

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; PITTOCAULON; PITTOCAULON PRAECOX; SENECIONEAE;

EID: 37249029308     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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