MACULOSIDINE

Description

A further furoquinoline base found in Flindersia rnaculosa and also in various species of Eriosternon, the alkaloid yields colourless crystals from EtOH. No salts or derivatives have been prepared.

Definition

ChEBI: Maculosidine is an oxacycle, an organonitrogen heterocyclic compound and an organic heterotricyclic compound.

References

Brown et a!., Austral. 1. Chern., 7, 181 (1954) Duffield, Jefferies, Lucich., ibid, 15,812 (1962) Duffield, Jefferies, Lucich., ibid, 16, 123 (1963) Duffield et al., Tetrahedron, 19,593 (1963) Govindachari, Prabhakar.,Ind. 1. Chern., 1, 17 (1963)