[Chemical constituents of Strychnos nitida G. Don]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1997 Jan;22(1):40-1, 62.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Six compounds were isolated from the root and stem of Strychnos nitida for the first time. On the basis of chemical properties and spectral data, the compounds were identified as beta-sitosterol, strychnine, brucine, cantieyine, lignoceric acid and palmitic acid.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Magnoliopsida / chemistry*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Sitosterols / chemistry
  • Sitosterols / isolation & purification*
  • Strychnine / chemistry
  • Strychnine / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Sitosterols
  • cantleyine
  • gamma-sitosterol
  • Strychnine