Isolation of turkesterone from the epigeal part ofAjuga turkestanica and its anabolic activity

The technological isolation of turkesterone from the epigeal part ofAjuga turkestanica (Rgl.) Brig. is described, a method is proposed for the quantitative determination of turkesterone, and the results of an investigation of its biological activity are given.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 40 64 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 188–193, March–April, 1998.     

Alkaloids of the epigeal part ofAconitum karakolicum

The dynamics of the accumulation of alkaloids in the epigeal part ofAconitum karakolicum according to vegetation periods has been studied. It has been established that the highest content of alkaloids is found in the early period. On separating the combined alkaloids, the aporphine alkaloid isoboldine has been isolated from this plant for the first time and a new base has been obtained — napelline N-oxide, the structure of which has been shown on the basis of the results of a study of spectral characteristics and direct transition to napelline.     

Alkaloids of the epigeal part ofAconitum kirinense

Lepenine and the new alkaloid lepenine N-oxide have been isolated from the epigeal part ofAcontium kirinense. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 734–736, September–October, 1993.