Four new alkylamides from the roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum

Abstract

Phytochemical investigation on the roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum led to the isolation of four new unsaturated alkylamides, zanthoxylumamides A–D. Their structures were established via the detailed spectroscopic analyses.

Keywords::

• Rutaceae
• Zanthoxylum nitidum
• unsaturated alkylamides
• zanthoxylumamides A–D

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Prof. Mao-Xiang Lai at Guangxi Institute of Chinese Medicine & Pharmaceutical Science, for the botanical collection and identification. We also thank Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University for the optical rotation and HR-ESI-MS measurements.

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Notes

^1. These authors contributed equally to this paper