• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.21-23
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• 2003

Indolyl alkaloids, $N_b-acetyltryptamine$ (1) and the known oxaline (2) have been isolated from the organic extract of the broth of an unidentified fungus collected from the surface of the marine red alga Gracilaria verrucosa. The structure of $N_{b}$-acetyltryptamine (1) was assigned on the basis of comprehensive spectroscopic analyses.s.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.211-216
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• 2010

A new 3-indolyl propionate alkaloid; (-) abrine (1), was isolated from the alcohol extract of Erythrina caffra stem bark together with the alkaloid (-) hypaphorine (2). Phytochemical investigation of the chloroform extract led to the isolation of one fatty alcohol; 1-octacosanol, isolated for the first time from genus Erythrina, two dienoid alkaloids; erythraline and erysodine, and three isoflavonoids; 3S (+) 2'-O-methylphaseollidinisoflavan (3), (6aR, 11aR)- 3-hydroxy-10-dimethylallyl-9-methoxypterocarpan, known as sandwicensin (4) and 3R (-) rythbidin A (5). It is worth mentioning that this is the first report for the isolation of these isoflavonoids from E. caffra. The absolute configuration of 3S (+) 2'-O-methylphaseollidinisoflavan (3) was not previously reported. The isolated isoflavonoids showed promising antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.