Two new Lycopodium alkaloids from Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) Holub

Abstract

Two new Lycopodium alkaloids, 4β-hydroxynankakurine B (1) and Δ^13,N,N_α-methylphlegmarine-N_β-oxide (2), together with three known analogues, lycoposerramine E (3), nankakurine B (4) and lobscurinol (5), were isolated from Phlegmariurus phlegmaria. Their structures were established by mass spectrometry and 1D and 2D NMR techniques.

Keywords:

• Phlegmariurus phlegmaria
• Huperziaceae
• Lycopodium alkaloids

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Notes

^1. Zhichong Wang and Jichun Wu contributed equally to this work.

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Funding

This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 21162045]; Yunnan Province of China for basic research in social development [grant number 2009CC018].