Abstract
Two new amide alkaloids, clauemaramide A (1) and clauemaramide B (2), and three known analogs were isolated from the stems of Clausena emarginata. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. The absolute configurations of 1 and 2 were confirmed by CD spectroscopy. Compound 3 showed moderate inhibitory effects on LPS-induced NO production (IC50 value = 4.9 μM).
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Department of Instrumental Analysis, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, for the measurement of all spectroscopic data. This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21272278), the National Mega-project for Innovative Drugs (No. 2012ZX09301002-002), and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in the University (No. IRT1007).