• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 1993

Phytochemical studies of the root of Aristolochia contorta afforded an unidentified N-glycoside rarely found in natural products. It's structure was elucidated as 8-desmethoxy-aristolactam $N-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$ by spectral data and chemical analysis. 6-Hydroxy-8-desmethoxy-aristolactam $N-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$, aristolactam I and aristolactam AII were also isolated from the same source. $^{13}C-NMR$ spectra were first assigned and the result confirmed N-C-O-glycosidic linkages in the glycosides.