Abstract
A new aporphine alkaloid, 1-hydroxy-2,3-dimethoxy-6-formyl-6a,7-dehydroaporphine, along with 15 known compounds have been isolated from the stems and leaves of Sabia yunnanensis. Their structures were established on the basis of spectral analysis.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30270159). The authors thank Y. Zhou (College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University) for recording the NMR spectra data. Thanks are also due to J. Liang (Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and X. P. Yang (Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University) for recording the ESIMS and HRESIMS.