Erythrina alkaloids

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Common coral tree ( Erythrina crista-galli )
Flowers of the common coral tree ( Erythrina crista-galli )

Erythrina alkaloids are natural substances of the isoquinoline alkaloid type.

Occurrence

The alkaloids occur in Erythrina species, e.g. B. in the common coral tree and Erythrina herbacea .

Representative

The Erythina alkaloids include u. a. Erysodine , erytharbine , erythrartine and erysotramidine .

  • Erysodine

  • Erytharbine

  • Erythrartine

  • (+) - erysotramidine

properties

Erythrina alkaloids have a sedative , hypotensive, CNS depressive, laxative and diuretic effect.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Entry on Erythrina alkaloids. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ A b H. Tanaka, H. Hattori, T. Tanaka, E. Sakai, N. Tanaka, A. Kulkarni, H. Etoh: A new Erythrina alkaloid from Erythrina herbacea . In: Journal of Natural Medicines . tape 62 , 2008, p. 228-231 , doi : 10.1007 / s11418-007-0222-z .
  3. ↑ U. Maier, W. Rödl, B. Deus-Neumann, M. Zenk: Biosynthesis of Erythrina alkaloids in Erythrina crista-galli . In: Phytochemistry . tape 52 , 1999, p. 373-382 , doi : 10.1016 / S0031-9422 (99) 00230-7 .