Alkaloids ofStephania hernandifolia. III

Summary 1. A new alkaloid hernandoline with the composition C₂₀H₂₅O₅N has been isolated from the herbStephania herandifolia Walp.2. The Hofmann degradation of the methiodide of the O-methyl ether of hernandoline has given a des base acetolysis of which led to the formation of a dimethoxydiacetoxyphenanthrene.3. It has been suggested that hernandoline is similar to alkaloids related to sinomenine and hasubanonine.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 106–108, 1967