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Original Articles

The identification of alkaloids from the stems of Picrasma quassioides via computer-assisted structure elucidation and quantum chemical calculations

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Pages 217-227 | Received 25 Oct 2019, Accepted 09 Feb 2020, Published online: 26 Feb 2020
 

Abstract

Four new alkaloids (1-4) and one known alkaloid were isolated from the stems of Picrasma quassioides. The structures of these isolated compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses, a combination of computer-assisted structure elucidation software (ACD/Structure Elucidator) and gauge-including atomic orbital (GIAO) calculation of 1 D NMR data. All compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 and Hep3B cells. However, they did not show obvious inhibitory activities.

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Acknowledgments

We kindly thank Miss Wen Li, Mr Chao Huang, Miss Li-Li Lou of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University for recording the NMR spectra.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This project was financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation (81872767) of China, the Career Development Support Plan for Young and Middle-Aged Teachers in Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (ZQN2018006), and the Project of Innovation Team (LT2015027) of Liaoning of China.

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