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JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
Volume 73, Issue 11, Pages 1858-1862Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/np100494u
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- University of Winnipeg
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition-directed phytochemical studies on the methanolic extract of Buxus natalensis, collected in South Africa, resulted in the isolation of 12 compounds: O-2-natafuranamine (1), O-10-natafuranamine (2), cyclonataminol (3), 31-demethylbuxaminol A (4), buxaminol A (5), buxafuranamide (6), buxalongifolamidine (7), buxamine A (8), cyclobuxophylline K (9), buxaminol C (10), methyl syringate (11), and p-coumaroylputrescine (12). Compounds 1-4 were new alkaloids, and compound 5 was isolated for the first time as a natural product. Their structures were elucidated with the aid of extensive NMR and mass spectroscopic studies. Compounds 1 and 2 are members of a rarely occurring class of Buxus alkaloids, having a tetrahydrofuran ring incorporated in their structures. Compounds 1-12 exhibited strong to moderate AChE inhibitory activity.
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