Abstract: | By combination of centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC) and common separation methods, seven additional known bases were isolated and characterized from the reinvestigation of L. cubeba besides three previously isolated bases- isocorydine (10), N-methyllaurotetanine (9), and boldine (2). They are laurolitsine (1), laurotetanine (3), isoboldine (4), norisocorydine (5), N-methyllindcarpine (7), isodomesticine (8), and glaziovine (6). Among these, compound 9 is the most abundant (7.5 × 10?4) and will be modified for pharmacological tests. This work will be of value for chemotaxonomy. |