Abstract
Two new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids, α, α′-dioxo-7′-O-demethylstebisimine (1) and 7′-O-demethylstebisimine (2), along with 14 known alkaloids, were isolated from the roots of Cocculus laurifolius. These alkaloids were characterized mainly by spectroscopic methods.
Acknowledgement
The work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation (30025044) and the foundation from the Ministry of Science and Technology (2002CB512807). We thank Prof. Shi-Man Huang for the identification of plant material.