
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Diment, JA 
A1  - Ritchie, E 
A1  - Taylor, WC 
T1  - The chemical constituents of Australian <I>Zanthoxylum</I> species. III. The constituents of <I>Z. parviflorum</I> Benth.; The structure of parvifloral; Some observations on the biogenesis of furoquinoline alkaloids
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1967
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
SP  - 565
EP  - 573
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9670565 
N2  - The leaves of Zanthoxylum parviflorum Benth. yielded lupeol, sitosterol, and skimmianine; the bark gave sucrose, hesperidin, lupeol, skimmianine, chelerythrine chloride, (-)-&#945;-canadine methiodide, and magnoflorine iodide. From the wood there were isolated hesperidin, sitosterol, dictamnine, skimmianine, platydesmine, and a new phenolic aldehyde, parvifloral.   Spectroscopic data and biogenetic considerations suggested that parvifloral was 5-prenylconiferaldehyde, and the assignment of structure was confirmed by a rational synthesis.   Oxidation of platydesmine with iodine/lead tetraacetate gave dictamnine. The significance of this result to the biogenesis of furoquinoline alkaloids is discussed. 
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