Alkaloids of Haplophyllum leptomerum. I. The structure of leptomerine

From the epigeal part of the plantHaplophyllum leptomerum Lincz. et Vved. growing in the mountains of Babatag, Tadzhik SSR, which has not been studied previously, have been isolated -sitosterol, the known alkaloids -fagarine, skimmianine, and N-methyl-2-phenyl-4-quinolone, and the new alkaloid leptomerine. On the basis of spectral characteristics, the structure of N-methyl-2-propyl-4-quinolone has been established for leptomerine.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 84–86, January–February, 1986.     

Alkaloids ofHaplophyllum dubium

From the epigeal part ofHaplophyllum dubium we have isolated dubamine, -fagarine, skimmianine, graveoline, haplopine, the new alkaloid norgraveoline, and the steroid -sitosterol. This is the first time that -fagarine has been found in this plant. On the basis of the results of a study of spectral characteristics and also passage to the known alkaloid graveoline, it has been established that norgraveoline has the structure of 2-piperonyl-4-quinolone.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 810–812, November–December, 1979.     

Alkaloids of four species of Argemone

The alkaloid compositions of four species of plants of the genusArgemone (A. mexicana L.,A. alba L.,A. platyceras Link et Otto., andA. hybrida) collected in the flowering phase in the Tashkent Botanical Garden have been studied. They have yielded 16 alkaloids. Corydine and isocorydine have been detected in plants of this genus for the first time, and O-methyl-platycerine has been found in nature for the first time.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 204–206, March–April, 1986.     

Components ofHaplophyllum obtusifolium

Skimmianine, folimine, benzamide, and new alkaloid haplotusine (mp 118–119°C, C₁₁H₁₁NO₃, M⁺ 205) have been isolated from the epigeal part ofHaplophyllum obtusifolium Ledeb. growing in the environs of Kora-Koly, Turkmen SSR. By the analysis of spectral characteristics it has been established that haplotusine has the structure of 1,4-dimethoxy-2-quinolone.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 635–636, September–October, 1984.     

Structure of stachysolone

Summary It has been shown that stachysolone — a bitter substance fromStachys annua L. — is a diterpenoid with a rearranged labdane hydrocarbon skeleton of the kolavane type. Structural formula (I) has been established for stachysoloneInstitute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czechoslovakian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 295–299, May–June, 1972.     

8-Acetylexcelsine — A new alkaloid form Aconitum kirinense

The alkaloid 8-acetylexcelsine has been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense Nakai. Its structure has been established with the aid of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 258–261, March–April, 1991.     

Phospholipase A2 from the venom of the spider Eresus niger

A phospholipase A₂ with a molecular mass of 12–14 kDa has been isolated from the venom of the spiderEresus niger by three-stage column chromatography. Asparagine has been identified as the N-terminal amino acid.Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 557–560, July–August, 1991.     

Isolation, purification, and study of some properties of the lysl-, phenylalanyl-, and aspartyl-tRNA synthetases from the fungus Verticillium dahliae

Conclusions Relatively highly purified preparations of lysyl-, phenylalanyl- and aspartyl-tRNA synthetases have been isolated from the 12-day mycelium of a strongly virulent form of the fungusV. dahliae and some of their physicochemical properties have been studied.Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 229–233, March–April, 1974.     

Coumarins of Fraxinus mandschurica and F. potamophila

Summary The leaves ofFraxinus mandschurica Rupr. and the bark ofF. potamophila Herd. have yielded esculetin, fraxinol, and a new coumarin C₁₀H₈O₅, mp 228–230°C which we have called isofraxetin. On the basis of NMR and UV spectroscopy it has been established that isofraxetin is 5,7-dihydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 493–497, July–August, 1973.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum coreanum. IV. 14-Hydroxy-2-isobutyrylhetisine N-oxide

A new alkaloid has been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum coreanum (Levl.) Rapaics, for which the structure of 14-hydroxy-2-isobutyrylhetisine N-oxide has been established on the basis of spectral characteristics and a chemical transformation.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 383–386, May–June, 1990.     

Comparative study of the total tRNAs of the seeds of the cotton plant and the seeds ofGinkgo biloba

Summary 1. Three methionine tRNAs have been found both in the total tRNAs of cotton seeds and in those ofGinkgo biloba. In both cases only the first was acylated by methionine with the aid ofE. coli ARSases.2. Four phenylalanine tRNAs have been found in the total tRNAs of cotton seeds, and two in the tRNAs of ginkgo seeds.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 54–56, January–February, 1979.     

Foliosidine acetonide

Summary Foliosidine acetonide has been isolated from the mixture of alkaloids fromH. foliosum.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 724–727, November–December, 1970.     

Steroid saponins II. Glycosides of Tribulus terrestris

Summary 1. It has been established that the epigeal part ofTribulus terrestris L. contains five steroid saponins. Diosgenin was identified as the aglycone of all these compounds.2. The carbohydrate compositions of the saponins have been determined.For Communication I, see Izv. Akad. Nauk MSSR Ser. Khim. i Biol. Nauk,1971, No. 4, 76.Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 475–477, July–August, 1972.     

Oils of the seeds of Ziziphora pedicellata and Eremostachys molluceloides

Summary The fatty oils of the seeds of the wild speciesZiziphora pedicellata andEremostachys molluceloides (Labiatae) have been investigated. The glyceride, pigment, and hydrocarbon compositions of these oils and the fatty-acid composition of the oil ofZ. pedicellata have been determined.The oil ofE. molluceloides contains laballenic acid.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 324–328, May–June, 1975.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum coreanum. III. 13-Acetyl-14-hydroxy-2-isobutyrylhetisine N-oxide

It has been established by the x-ray structural method that a new alkaloid isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum coreanum has the structure of 13-acetyl-14-hydroxy-2-isobutyrylhetisine N-oxide. This is the first time that a N-oxide has been isolated among the hetisine alkaloids.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 378–383, May–June, 1990.     

Compounds of the pyran series as components of the essential oils ofTanacetum boreale andAjania fastigiata

It has been established that the essential oils ofTanacetum boreale andAjania fastigiata contain as their main components 3-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-6-vinyltetrahydropyran and its acylated and oxidized derivatives.Institute of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 332–335, May–June, 1985.     

2,10-Didemethylcolchicine — A new alkaloid from Merendera robusta

The alkaloid complex ofMerendera robusta Bge. (familyLiliaceae) growing in the Tashkent province of the Uzbek SSR has been investigated. The main alkaloids of this plant are colchicine and colchamine. Eleven tropolone alkaloids and their photochemical isomers have been isolated and identified. A new alkaloid of phenolic nature has been isolated for which the structure of 2,10-didemethylcolchicine has been established.V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 67–71, January–February, 1991.     

Structure of artabin

Summary FromArtemisia absinthium L. a new sesquiterpene lactone of the germacrane type — artabin — has been isolated. Structure I is proposed for it.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedineii, No. 6, pp. 691–694, November–December, 1970.     

Alkaloids of Aconitum coreanum VI. Structure of acoridine

The new C₂₀-diterpene alkaloid acoridine has been isolated from the epigeal part ofAconitum coreanum (Levl.) Rapaics, and the structure of 14-hydroxy-2-propionylhetisine has been established for it on the basis of spectral characteristics. Acoridine is the first diterpene alkaloid esterified by propionic acid.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 91–93, January–February, 1991.     

A polarographic investigation of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids

Summary 1. The polarographic behavior of seven alkaloids fromPeganum harmala have been investigated. The products of the electrode reaction in the reduction of vasicinone and deoxyvasicinone are the corresponding carbinols, and in the reduction of harmine the product is dihydroharmine.2. The possibility has been shown of using the polarographic method for studying the oxidation of peganine and deoxypeganine.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 363–365, May–June, 1976.