The Alkaloids of Cephalotaxus drupacea and Cephalotaxus fortunei
The Alkaloids of Cephalotaxus drupacea and Cephalotaxus fortunei
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DOI:
10.1021/jo01044a010
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发表时间:
1963-09
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
W. W. Paudler-W.;G. Kerley;J. McKay
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作者:
W. W. Paudler-W.;G. Kerley;J. McKay
The presence of alkaloids in Cephalotaxus drupácea, 2 C. henryif C. wilsoniaf and C. fortunei5 has been dem-onstrated, but these alkaloids have not been chemi-cally investigated. We now wish to report on the separation and partial identification of the major alkaloid of Cephalotaxus fortunei and drupácea. Although the botanical classification of these plants is not yet clear, Cephalotaxus generally is listed as a genus of the family Taxaceae and a member of the Taxeaef" The Taxaceae belong to the order Coniferae. Many species have been listed for Cephalotaxus, 6-8 but the genus is now considered to containonly four pure ones: C. pedunculata, a native of Japan; C. oliveri, a Native of China; C. drupácea; and C. fortunei. 9 C. drupácea, a small tree which is found predominantly in China and Japan, is commonly known as Cow’s Tail Pine or Japanese plum-yew. C. fortunei, known as the Chinese plum-yew, is found in North China. The powdered leaves andstems of C. fortunei and C. drupácea1 (1 yielded 0.39% and0. 35%., respectively, of crude alkaloidal material by a conventional acid-base extraction of the concentrated alcohol extracts. A comparison of paper chromatograms indicated the presence of at least four different alkaloids in C. fortunei and at least fivedifferent alkaloids in C. drupácea. Alumina-column chromatography yielded one crystalline alkaloid from each species. The identity of these two alkaloids was established by a comparison of their infrared, ultraviolet, and nmr spectra, as well as by the nondepression of their melting points when mixed with each other. This alkaloid which was named cephalotaxine, was present to the extent of 50 and 54%, respectively, in the crude alkaloidal mixtures of C. fortunei and C. drupácea.