Apocynacean alkaloids

Apocynaceae alkaloids are natural substances that u. a. occur in the plant family of the dog poison plants ( Apocynaceae ).

Occurrence

Voacanga africana

Tabernanthin occurs in Tabernaemontana laurifolia . Voacangin and Voacristin were isolated from Voacanga africana Stapf.

Representative

Tabernanthin is one of the representatives . Other representatives are Voacangin and Voacristin .

(-) - Voacangin
(-) - Voacristin
Tabernanthin

use

Plant parts of Voacanga africana can be found among African natives and the like. a. as a hallucinogen , for cultic ceremonies and as an aphrodisiac use.

Ethnomedical use

A decoction from the trunk or root bark is used to treat mental disorders and as an analgesic . The milk juice is applied to carious teeth. In southeastern Nigeria will Voacanga africana used in many healing rituals.

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on apocynaceae alkaloids. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 8, 2020.
↑ M. Hesse: Indole alkaloids . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 1968, ISBN 978-3-540-04194-8 , p. 30 .
↑ U. Renner: Voacamidin and Voacristin, two new alkaloids from Voacanga africana Stapf . In: Experientia . tape 13 , 1957, pp. 468-469 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02159399 .
↑ Zetler, G., Lenschow, E. & Prenger-Berninghoff, W .: The effect of 11 indole alkaloids on the guinea pig heart in vivo and in vitro, compared with 2 synthetic azepinoindoles, quinidine and quindonium. In: Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archive for Pharmacology and Experimental Pathology . tape 260 , 1968, pp. 26-49 , doi : 10.1007 / BF00545005 .
^ Robert F. Raffauf & MB Flagler: Alkaloids of the Apocynaceae . In: Economic Botany pages . tape 14 , 1960, p. 37-55 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02859365 .
↑ Lexicon of Medicinal Plants and Drugs , Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1999.
↑ Maurice M. Iwu: Handbook of African Medicinal Plants . 2nd Edition. CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-7198-3 ( Voacanga africana on p. 330 in the Google book search).

[Römpp-1] Entry on apocynaceae alkaloids. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 8, 2020.

[M-2] M. Hesse: Indole alkaloids . Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 1968, ISBN 978-3-540-04194-8 , p. 30 .

[C-3] U. Renner: Voacamidin and Voacristin, two new alkaloids from Voacanga africana Stapf . In: Experientia . tape 13 , 1957, pp. 468-469 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02159399 .

[A-4] Zetler, G., Lenschow, E. & Prenger-Berninghoff, W .: The effect of 11 indole alkaloids on the guinea pig heart in vivo and in vitro, compared with 2 synthetic azepinoindoles, quinidine and quindonium. In: Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archive for Pharmacology and Experimental Pathology . tape 260 , 1968, pp. 26-49 , doi : 10.1007 / BF00545005 .

[B-5] Robert F. Raffauf & MB Flagler: Alkaloids of the Apocynaceae . In: Economic Botany pages . tape 14 , 1960, p. 37-55 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02859365 .

[SpektrumDe1999-6] Lexicon of Medicinal Plants and Drugs , Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1999.

[Iwu2014-7] Maurice M. Iwu: Handbook of African Medicinal Plants . 2nd Edition. CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-7198-3 ( Voacanga africana on p. 330 in the Google book search).