Vindogentianine, a hypoglycemic alkaloid from Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae)

• Main Authors: Tiong, S.H., Looi, C.Y., Arya, Aditya, Wong, Won Fen, Hazni, Hazrina, Mustafa, Mohd Rais, Awang, Khalijah
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19539/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2015.01.019

Vindogentianine, a new indole alkaloid together with six known alkaloids, vindoline, vindolidine, vindolicine, vindolinine, perivine and serpentine were isolated from leaf extract (DA) of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods; NMR, MS, UV and IR....