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Diterpene alkaloids

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Garrya veatchii
Aconitum napellus

Diterpene alkaloids are natural products of the terpene alkaloid type.

Occurrence

Veatchine is found in the bark of Garrya veatchii, a member of the Cup Catkins family. Aconitine is the main alkaloid in aconite.

Structure

Diterpene alkaloids can be divided into two groups: The diterpene alkaloids, characterized by a C20 parent body, and the norditerpene alkaloids, which are based on a hexacyclic C19 parent body.

Representatives

Diterpene group

Among the C20 alkaloids is the atisine-type (atisine, hetidine, hetisine) and the veatchine-type (Veatchin, Napellin).

  • Atisine Atisine
  • Veatchin Veatchin

Northern iterpene group

The C19 alkaloids include, among others, the aconitine type (aconitine, delphinine) and the lycoctonine type (Lycoctonin, Browniin).

  • (+)-Lycoctonine (+)-Lycoctonine

Properties

Aconitine has cardiac arrhythmic and antipyretic properties and is one of the most toxic plant compounds.

References

  1. ^ Entry on Diterpen-Alkaloide. at: Römpp Online. Georg Thieme Verlag, retrieved {{{Datum}}}.Error in template * unknown parameter name (Template:RömppOnline): "Abruf"
  2. ^ Eberhard Breitmaier (1997), Alkaloide, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, pp. 83f., ISBN 9783519035428
  3. Rudolf Hänsel, Otto Sticher (2007), Pharmakognosie Phytopharmazie (8 ed.), Heidelberg: Springer Medizin Verlag, p. 1466, ISBN 9783540265085
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