Structure of a New Ester-Alkaloid from Veratrum grandiflorum (MAXIM.) LOESENER fil. : Alkaloids of Japanese Veratrum Genus Plants. IV.

Abstract

A new ester-alkaloid isolated from the rhizomes of Veratrum grandiflorum (MAXIM.) LOESENER fil., m.p. 235°, [α]¹⁵_D-10.9°, was found to be 16-angelate of the alkamine which had been obtained from Veratrum oxysepalum TURCZ. and characterized by Shimizu as zygadenilic acid δ-lactone.