Imidazole alkaloids from Lepidium meyenii

J Nat Prod. 2003 Aug;66(8):1101-3. doi: 10.1021/np030031i.

Abstract

Two new imidazole alkaloids (lepidiline A and lepidiline B) have been isolated from a root extract of Lepidium meyenii with the common name Maca and identified as 1,3-dibenzyl-4,5-dimethylimidazolium chloride (1) and 1,3-dibenzyl-2,4,5-trimethylimidazolium chloride (2), respectively. The structures of these two new compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction performed on compound 1.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles / chemistry
  • Imidazoles / isolation & purification*
  • Imidazoles / pharmacology
  • Lepidium / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peru
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Imidazoles