CYCLOPEPTIDE ALKALOIDS FROM MELOCHIA CORCHORIFOLIA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81541-1

Adouetine-y' and a new cyclopeptide alkaloide, melofoline, have been isolated from Melochia corchorifolia.The latter was characterized mainly from its mass spectrum and hydrolysis products.Melofoline has N,N-dimethyl-β-hydroxyleucine as the terminal amino acid and 2-aminobutyric acid as the ring amino acid, neither of which has been found in these positions before. Key Word Index--Melochia corchorifolia; Sterculiaceae; aerial parts; cyclopeptide alkaloids; adouetine-y'; melofoline.