Three diterpenoid alkaloids, including an unreported compound, were isolated from the roots of Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb. On the basis of spectral analysis, these three compounds were determined to be 1,15-dimethoxy-3-hydroxy-14-benzoyl-16-ketoneoline, benzoylaconine and aconitine.

The title compound, C(31)H(44)N(3)O(10) (+)·Cl(-)·CH(4)O, is the methanol solvate of 8-benzo-yloxy-,9,11,11a-tetra-hydroxy-6,10,13-trimeth-oxy-3-meth-oxy-methyl-1-methyl-tetra-deca-hydro-1H-3,6a,12-(epiethane-1,1,2-tri-yl)-7,9-methanona-phtho[2,3-b]azocin-1-ium chloride, the amine-protonated hydro-chloride of 14-benzoyl-mesaconine hydro-chloride. The cation has an aconitine carbon skeleton with...

The title compound, C(33)H(45)NO(10), has an aconitine carbon skeleton with four six-membered rings and two five-membered rings. The five-membered rings adopt envelope configurations and the six-membered N-containing heterocyclic ring displays a chair conformation. Two intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds occur.

The immunomodulatory activity of diterpene alkaloids from Aconitum lycoctonum L. (Ranunculaceae family) was evaluated; the alkaloid components were extracted from plants grown wild in the Apennines near Parma (Northern Italy). The diterpene alkaloid lycoctonine evaluated by means of HPLC and IR techniques reaches its highest value in flowers, followed by stems, roots and leaves, while the maxim...

Many studies have shown that the relationship between alcohol consumption and most cardiovascular diseases is U-shaped, with nondrinkers and heavier drinkers having higher risks than moderate drinkers. However, the association between cardiac arrhythmias and acute alcohol consumption is not well understood. We set up several experimental arrhythmia animal models to examine the effects of acut...

Scorpion mono[‘2sIJiodotoxin binds to a single class of receptor sites associated with voltage-sensitive sodium channels in synaptic nerve ending particles (synaptosomes) with a KD of approximately 3 11~. Scorpion toxin binding is inhibited by depolarization of the synaptosomes with K+ or gramicidin or by lysis of the synaptosomes. Scorpion toxin binding is enhanced by batrachotoxin, veratridin...

Many herbal medicines and compositions are clinically effective but challenged by its safety risks, i.e., aconitine (AC) from aconite species. The combined use of Radix glycyrrhizae (licorice) with Radix aconite L. effectively eliminates toxicity of the later while increasing efficacy. In this study, a boiling-stable 31-kDa protein (namely GP) was purified from licorice and self-assembled into ...

In the giant axon of Loligo pealii, "aconitine potent" Merck added to the bath (10(-7) to 1.25 x 10(-6) gm/ml) (a) had no effect on resting membrane potential, membrane resistance and rectification, membrane response to subthreshold currents, critical depolarization, or action potential, but (b) on repetitive stimulation produced oscillations of membrane potential after the spike, depolarizatio...

A sensitive and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (HPLC-MS/MS) method was developed for the quantitation of the major metabolite of aconitine, 16-O-demethylaconitine, lappaconitine as the internal standard in rat urine. Urine samples were precipitated with acetonitrile/methanol (3:1, v/v). Chromatographic separation was achieved on a Kromasil C18 analytic...