Constitutens of high altitude himalayan herbs part XV: A new norditerpenoid alkaloid from the roots of Aconitum balfourii

Abstract

A new norditerpenoid alkaloid 9-hydroxysenbushine A has been isolated from the roots of high altitude Himalayan herbAconitum balfourii by means of vacuum liquid chromatography and centrally accelerated radial thin layer chromatographic techniques and identified by means of MS, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectral methods.

Keywords:

• Norditerpenoid alkaloid
• Renunculaceae
• High altitude Himalayan herb
• Aconitum balfourii
• 9-hydroxysenbushine A

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology (DST) New Delhi, for financial support and Central Drugs Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow for spectral results.