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Antiplatelet aggregation activity of diterpene alkaloids from Spiraea japonica.

Six diterpene alkaloids with an atisine-type C(20)-skeleton isolated from the Chinese herbal medicines Spiraea japonica var. acuta and S. japonica var. ovalifolia, as well as eight derivatives of spiramine C and spiradine F were evaluated for the ability to inhibit aggregation of rabbit platelets induced by arachidonic acid, ADP, and platelet-activating factor (PAF) in vitro. The results showed that 12 of the 14 atisine-type diterpene alkaloids significantly inhibited PAF-induced platelet aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner, but had no effect on ADP- or arachidonic acid-induced aggregation, exhibiting a selective inhibition. It is the first report that C(20)-diterpene alkaloids inhibit PAF-induced platelet aggregation. However, spiramine C1 concentration-dependently inhibited platelet aggregation induced by PAF, ADP and arachidonic acid with IC(50) values of 30.5+/-2.7, 56.8+/-8.4 and 29.9+/-9.9 microM, respectively, suggesting a non-selective antiplatelet aggregation action. The inhibitory effect of spiramine C1 on arachidonic acid was as potent as that of aspirin. Primary studies of the structure-activity relationships for inhibition of PAF-induced aggregation showed that the oxygen substitution at the C-15 position and the presence of an oxazolidine ring in spiramine alkaloids were essential to their antiplatelet aggregation effects. These results suggest that the atisine-type alkaloids isolated from S. japonica are a class of novel antiplatelet aggregation agents.

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Three new diterpene alkaloids from the roots of Aconitum nagarum var. lasiandrum.

Three new diterpene alkaloids, 16,17-dihydro-12 beta,16 beta-epoxynapelline (1), N-deethyl- N-methyl-12-epi-napelline (2) and 11- epi-16 alpha,17-dihydroxylepenine (3), along with twenty-six known alkaloids (4 - 29) were isolated from the roots of Aconitum nagarum var. lasiandrum. The chemical structures of the new compounds were established by HR-MS as well as 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopic analysis. The absolute stereochemistry of 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.

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Abietane diterpene alkaloids from Salvia yunnanensis.

Nine new abietane diterpene alkaloids containing an oxazole ring, salviamines A-F (1-6) and isosalviamines C-E (7-9), together with 17 known abietane diterpenes, were isolated and characterized from the roots of Salvia yunnanensis. The structures of 1-9 were elucidated by interpretation of their spectroscopic data.

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A study of the diterpene alkaloids of Aconitum napellus ssp. neomontanum during its onthogenetic cycle.

Qualitative and quantitative variations in the diterpene alkaloids content in the neomontanum subspecies of Aconitum napellus, growing near lake of Como, were studied throughout its complete onthogenetic cycle. Aconitine, N-deethylaconitine and two compounds with m.w. = 688 and m.w. = 629 have been detected in the various organs of plant almost at any time during the vegetative cycle.

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Norditerpene and diterpene alkaloids from Aconitum variegatum.

Aerial parts of Aconitum variegatum L. from the Pyrenees furnished four norditerpene alkaloids, 16 beta-hydroxycardiopetaline, 8-ethoxysachaconitine, 14-acetylgenicunine B, N-deethyl-N-19-didehydrosachaconitine, five diterpene alkaloids 15-veratroyldictizine, 15-veratroyl-17-acetyldictizine, 15-veratroyl-17-acetyl-19-oxodictizine, N-ethyl-1 alpha-hydroxy-17-veratroyldictizine, variegatine and the known alkaloids sachaconitine, 14-O-acetylsachaconitine, karakoline, talatizamine, 10-hydroxytalatizamine, 14-acetyltalatizamine, 14-acetyl-10-hydroxytalatizamine, N-methylarmepavine, pengshenin B, delsoline, dihydrodelsoline, delcosine and genicunin B. Structures of the alkaloids were established by MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques.

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New diterpene alkaloids from the roots of Spiraea japonica.

Chemical investigation on an ethanol extract from the roots of Spiraea japonica var. acuta resulted in the isolation of three new diterpene alkaloids named spiramide (1) and spiratine A (2) and spiratine B (3). Structures of 1-3 were elucidated primarily on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR experiments.

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Haterumaimides F-I, four new cytotoxic diterpene alkaloids from an ascidian Lissoclinum species.

Four new monochlorinated diterpene alkaloids, haterumaimides F-I (1-4), and two known ones, dichlorolissoclimide and chlorolissoclimide, were isolated from an ascidian Lissoclinum sp. Their structures with absolute stereochemistries were elucidated by chemical and spectral analyses. Haterumaimides F-I (1-4) inhibited the first cleavage of fertilized sea urchin eggs and exhibited potent to weak cytotoxicities against P388 cells.

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Nigellamines A3, A4, A5, and C, new dolabellane-type diterpene alkaloids, with lipid metabolism-promoting activities from the Egyptian medicinal food black cumin.

New dolabellane-type diterpene alkaloids, nigellamines A(3), A(4), A(5), and C, were isolated from the methanolic extract of an Egyptian medicinal food, black cumin (the seeds of Nigella sativa). Their absolute configurations were determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence. Nigellamines were found to lower triglyceride levels in primary cultured mouse hepatocytes, and in particular, the activity of nigellamine A(5) was equivalent to that of the hypolipidemic agent, clofibrate.

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Novel dolabellane-type diterpene alkaloids with lipid metabolism promoting activities from the seeds of Nigella sativa.

[structure: see text] Four new dolabellane-type diterpene alkaloids, nigellamines A(1) (1), A(2) (2), B(1) (3), and B(2) (4), were isolated from the seeds of Nigella sativa. Their absolute stereostructures were determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence. Nigellamines A(1) (1), B(1) (3), and B(2) (4) were found to show potent lipid metabolism promoting activity in primary cultured mouse hepatocytes, and their activities were equivalent to that of a PPAR-alpha agonist, clofibrate.

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Homopseudopteroxazole, a new antimycobacterial diterpene alkaloid from Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae.

In the course of our study to find novel antimycobacterial secondary metabolites from Caribbean gorgonian octocorals, we have isolated a new diterpene alkaloid, namely, homopseudopteroxazole (1), as a minor constituent of the hexane extract from the sea plume Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae. Its structure was deduced by interpretation of combined spectroscopic data, including extensive 1D and 2D NMR measurements, and NMR spectral comparisons with known amphilectane models. Biological screening studies indicate that homopseudopteroxazole (1) is a strong growth inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv.

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