New polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Muscari armeniacum: Structural determination and biological activity

Naoki Asano*, Hiroyo Kuroi, Kyoko Ikeda, Haruhisa Kizu, Yukihiko Kameda, Atsushi Kato, Isao Adachi, Alison A. Watson, Robert J. Nash, George W.J. Fleet

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Abstract

Four new polyhydroxypyrrolizidines, hyacinthacines A1, A2, A3 and B3, have been isolated from the bulbs of Muscari armeniacum (Hyacinthaceae) in addition to the known hyacinthacine C1, which was isolated from Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Hyacinthaceae). The structures of hyacinthacines A1, A2, A3 and B3 were identified on the basis of extensive NMR studies as (1S,2R,3R,7aR)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine, (1R,2R,3R,7aR)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethylpyrrolizidine, (1R,2R,3R,5R,7aR)-1,2-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-5-methylpyrrolizidine and (1S,2R,3R,5R,7R,7aR)-3-hydroxymethyl-5-methyl-1,2,7-trihydroxypyrrolizidine, respectively, or the corresponding enantiomers. The inhibitory activities of these new hyacinthacines against a variety of glycosidases are described. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages8
JournalTetrahedron Asymmetry
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000/01/28

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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