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Phytochemical and larvicidal studies on Stemona curtisii: structure of a new pyrido[1,2-a]azepine Stemona alkaloid.

A new pentacyclic Stemona alkaloid, stemocurtisinol (3), with a pyrido[1,2-a]azepine A,B-ring system, and the known pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine alkaloid oxyprotostemonine (4) have been isolated from a root extract of S. curtisii. The structure and relative stereochemistry of stemocurtisinol was determined by spectral data interpretation and X-ray crystallography. This compound is a diastereoisomer of oxystemokerrin and has the opposite configuration at C-4 and C-19. The individual alkaloid components showed significant larvicidal activity (IC(50) 4-39 ppm) on mosquito larvae (Anopheles minimus HO).

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Inhibition of leukotriene biosynthesis by stilbenoids from Stemona species.

Fifteen stilbenoids and two alkaloids from Stemona collinsae, S. tuberosa, and S. peirrei were tested alongside the commercially available stilbenoids resveratrol and pinosylvin for inhibition of leukotriene formation in an ex vivo test system based on activated human neutrophilic granulocytes. The stilbenoids resveratrol (1), pinosylvin (2), dihydropinosylvin (3), stilbostemin A (4), stilbostemin B (5), stilbostemin D (6), stilbostemin F (7), stilbostemin G (8), stemofuran B (9), stemofuran C (10), stemofuran D (11), stemofuran G (12), stemofuran J (13), stemanthrene A (14), stemanthrene B (15), stemanthrene C (16), and stemanthrene D (17) showed structure-dependent activities with IC(50) values ranging from 3.7 to >50 microM. The alkaloids tuberostemonine (18) and neotuberostemonine (19) were inactive at a concentration of 50 microM.

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Phytochemical studies on Stemona burkillii prain: two new dihydrostemofoline alkaloids.

Two new dihydrostemofoline alkaloids, 11(S),12(R)-dihydrostemofoline (3) and stemoburkilline (4), along with stemofoline (1) and 2'-hydroxystemofoline (2) have been isolated from a root extract of Stemona burkillii Prain. The structure and relative configuration of 3 have been determined via spectroscopic data and from comparison with synthetic 11(S),12(S)-dihydrostemofoline (5). The configuration of the exo-cyclic alkene group in 4 is tentively assigned as E on the basis of mechanistic considerations.

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Phytochemical studies on Stemona plants: isolation of stemofoline alkaloids.

Six new stemofoline alkaloids, (2'R)-hydroxystemofoline (5), (3'R)-stemofolenol (6), (3'S)-stemofolenol (7), 1',2'-didehydrostemofoline-N-oxide (8), the first C(19) stemofoline alkaloid, methylstemofoline (9), and the first glycosidated Stemona alkaloid, stemofolinoside (10), and three known alkaloids, (2'S)-hydroxystemofoline (2), (11Z)-1',2'-didehydrostemofoline (3), and (11E)-1',2'-didehydrostemofoline (4), have been isolated from a root extract of an unidentified Stemona species. The structure and relative configuration of these new alkaloids have been determined by spectral data interpretation and from semisynthetic studies.

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Neuroprotective bibenzyl glycosides of Stemona tuberosa roots.

Three new bibenzyl glycosides characterized as stilbostemin B 3'-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), stilbostemin H 3'-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), and stilbostemin I 2"-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3) were isolated from the roots of Stemona tuberosa. All three bibenzyl glycosides significantly protected human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells from 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity.

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Stemoninines from the roots of Stemona tuberosa.

Five new stemoninine-type alkaloids, bisdehydrostemoninine (1), isobisdehydrostemoninine (2), bisdehydroneostemoninine (3), and bisdehydrostemoninines A (4) and B (5), were isolated from the crude-alkaloid extract of the roots of Stemona tuberosa. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of one- and two-dimensional NMR and other spectroscopic studies. The relative configuration of 4 was determined by X-ray diffraction. Alkaloid 1 displayed significant antitussive activity in the citric acid-induced guinea pig cough model.

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Alkaloids and chemical diversity of Stemona tuberosa.

Phytochemical investigation of the chemical components of Stemona tuberosa led to the isolation of two new alkaloids named tuberostemonine K (1) and tuberospironine (2), together with the known tuberostemonine (3). The new structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated through extensive spectroscopic analyses, while the molecular structure of 3 was confirmed by X-ray analysis. A gradient reversed-phase HPLC-ELSD method was established for the investigation of the chemical diversity of S. tuberosa from 13 localities, and four types of chemical variation featured by the major components 3, neotuberostemonine (4), croomine (5), and stemoninine (6), respectively, were observed.

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Total synthesis of (-)-stemonine.

[reaction: see text] An enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-stemonine (1) is reported via a convergent assembly of the acyclic precursor 2. Key transformations include a Staudinger-aza-Wittig reaction to form the central perhydroazepine ring system and an iodine-induced tandem cyclization to construct the pyrrolidino-butyrolactone framework.

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A new class of ammonium ylid for [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement reactions: ene-endo-spiro ylids.

The first examples of sigmatropic rearrangements of ene-endo-spirocyclic, tetrahydropyridine-derived ammonium ylids are reported. Thus, spiro[6.7]-ylids rearrange primarily by a [2,3]-pathway, whereas the analogous [6.6]-ylids rearrange by [1,2]- and [2,3]-mechanisms in roughly equal proportions. This method serves as a rapid entry to the core of a range of alkaloids bearing a pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine or octahydroindolizidine nucleus.

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A short total synthesis of (+/-)-aspidospermidine.

A cascade radical cyclization starting from an amidyl radical has been used for the construction of (+/-)-aspidospermidine. This approach has also been developed for the preparation of a tricycle whose framework is contained in the stemona alkaloids.

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Antitussive activity of Stemona alkaloids from Stemona tuberosa.

Bioactivity-directed fractionation of the crude extract of Stemona tuberosa led to the isolation and characterization of four new stenine-type Stemona alkaloids, namely tuberostemonine J ( 2), tuberostemonine H ( 3), epi-bisdehydrotuberostemonine J ( 4) and neostenine ( 5), together with the known neotuberostemonine ( 1). These five isolated alkaloids were examined for antitussive activity in guinea pig after cough induction by citric acid aerosol stimulation. In this report, we demonstrated, for the first time, that compounds 1 and 5 showed significant antitussive activities. Further study of the structure-activity relationship on these isolated alkaloids and two synthetic analogues revealed that the saturated tricyclic pyrrolo[3,2,1- jk] benzazepine nucleus is the primary key structure contributing to the antitussive activity and all cis configurations at the three ring junctions are the optimal structure for the antitussive activity of stenine-type Stemona alkaloids.

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Intestinal absorption of Stemona alkaloids in a Caco-2 cell model.

The intestinal absorption of neotuberostemonine and neostenine, two major bioactive alkaloids of the commonly used antitussive traditional Chinese medicine Stemona tuberosa Lour, was investigated using a Caco-2 monolayer model. Both alkaloids exhibited a high absorptive permeability which was higher for neostenine [P(app(AB)) = 12.03 +/- 1.14 x 10 (-6) cm/s] than for neotuberostemonine [P(app(AB)) = 9.27 +/- 0.79 x 10 (-6) cm/s], indicating that they are likely to be well absorbed and orally active. Furthermore, both alkaloids were identified to be the substrates of P-glycoprotein and have a transport preference from the basolateral to apical direction with efflux ratios between 2 and 3. Cyclosporin A dose-dependently inhibited the secretory permeability of these alkaloids and abolished their active efflux transport.

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Stilbenoids from Stemona japonica.

Three new dihydrostilbenes, stilbostemins J-L (1-3), and a new dihydrophenanthrene, stemanthrene F (4), were isolated from the roots of Stemona japonica together with two known bibenzyls, 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methylbibenzyl (5) and 3,5-dihydroxy-2'-methoxy-4-methylbibenzyl (6). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 3-6 exhibited strong antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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