(-)- TERMINE, A NEW LUPIN ALKALOID FROM THE SEEDS OF LUPINUS TERMIS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

2 Department of Organic Chemistry, Oulu University, 90570 Linnanma, Oulu, Finland

3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

A new lupin alkaloid, (-)-termine (1), was isolated from the viable seeds of Lupinus termis, together with (-)-13a-hydroxysparteine. The structure of (1) was determined by spectroscopic methods.