Alkaloids from Aspidosperma species from Bolivia.

Two Bolivian Aspidosperma species were investigated. The seed and stem bark of Aspidosperma macrocarpon Mart. contain six known alkaloids: (-)-vincadifformine, ervinceine, kopsanone, kopsinine, kopsanol in the seed, and kopsanone, kopsinine, kopsanol, 18-epikopsanol in the stem bark. The stem bark of Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart. contains eleven known alkaloids: (-)-vincadifformine, O-demethylpalosine, haplocine, N-formylaspidospermidine, vallesine, demethoxyaspidospermine, palosine, (-)-aspidospermine, aspidospermidine, akuammicine, tubotaiwine, beside the two new bases dehydroxyhaplocidine and 10-methoxyaspidospermidine.

Alkaloids from leaves and stems of Vallesia glabra.

Eleven known indole alkaloids: vallesine, aspidospermine, 11-methoxydichotine, apparicine, tubotaïwine, vincadifformine, condylocarpine, (-)-rhazinilam, aspidospermatine, haplocidine, and 18-oxohaplocidine, have been isolated from leaves and stems of Vallesia glabra (Cav.) Link. (Apocynaceae) from Bolivia. Analysis of 2 D NMR spectra complete previous 1H and 13C data for vallesine, aspidospermine, and 11-methoxydichotine.