BIOTRANSFORMATION OF AJMALINE IN PLANT CELL CULTURES OF RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA BENTH.: THE NEW INDOLE ALKALOIDS RAUMACLINE AND N(b)-METHYLRAUMACLINE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97149-1

Two novel indole alkaloids, raumacline (2) and N(b)-methylraumacline (3), were isolated from plant cell cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. after feeding experiments with the Rauwolfia alkaloid ajmaline (1).The structures of the new alkaloids were elu