Lignans from Leaves of Rollinia mucosa
Rosa Estrada-Reyes
a, Ana Laura Alvarez C.
b, Carolina Lo´pez-Rubalcava
c, Luisa Rocha
c, Gerardo Heinze
a, Julia Moreno
aand Mariano Martı´nez-Va´zquez*
,ba Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatrı´a, Av. Me´xico-Xochimilco 101, Tlalpan, Me´xico, 14370, Me´xico
b Instituto de Quı´mica, Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Me´xico, Circuito Exterior, Coyoaca´n, Me´xico, 04510, Me´xico
c Departamento de Farmacobiologı´a Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados IPN
* Author for correspondence and reprint requests
Z. Naturforsch.57 c,29Ð32 (2002); received August 27/October 2, 2001 Rollinia mucosa, Lignans, (+)-Epimembrine
A new furofuranic lignan named (+)-epimembrine together with known (+)-epieudesmine and (+)-epimagnoline were isolated from leaves ofR. mucosa. Their structures were deter- mined by spectroscopic data. Palmitone and a mixture ofβ-sitosterol and stigmasterol were also isolated.