Chemical constituents of Legnephora moorei Miers (Menispermaceae)

✍ Scribed by S. Campos Flor; N. J. Doorenbos; G. H. Svoboda; J. E. Knapp; P. L. Schiff Jr.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 268 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3549
• DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600630429

✦ Synopsis

A phytochemical investigation of an ethanolic extract of the whole plant of Legnephora moorei Miers (Menispermaceae) resulted in the isolation and characterization of the alkaloids dehydrocorydalmine, magnoflorine, laurifoline, and stepharine; the pentacyclic triterpene friedelin; and the sterol mixture campesterol, stigmasterol, and sitosterol.