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Petitium eduardi (Rgl.) Vved yields this steroidal alkaloid which forms colourless needles from Me2CO. It has a specific rotation of [cd D - 31.7° (petroleum ether). The structure has been established from chemical and spectroscopic data and comparison with similar alkaloids from the same source.

Shakirov, Nuriddinov, Yunusov, Khim. Prir. Soedin., 1,384 (1965)
Nuriddinov, Shakirov, Yunusov, ibid, 3,316 (1967)
Nuriddinov et al., ibid, 4, 333 (1968)