Description
A further alkaloid of this name has been described by Russian workers from
Saussurea elegans M.B. Spreng. This base is dextrorotatory with a specific rotation
of [α]
D+ 75.4° (c 0.87, dimethylformamide). It forms a crystalline hydrobromide
with m.p. 210°C and from the structure given and the published physical
constants it is clearly not identical with that earlier described from Vinca
elegantissima Hort.
References
Vashimov et al., Khim. Prir. Soedin., 4, 367 (1968)
Smirnova, Vashimov, Yunusov, ibid,S, 63 (1969)
