THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 6β,10-dihy-droxy-1α,14α,16β-trimeth-oxy-4-methyl-7β,8-(methyl-enedi-oxy)-20-ethyl-aconitan-6-yl acetate], C(27)H(41)NO(8), is a C(19)-diterpenoid alkaloid and a major diterpenoid alkaloid component of the roots of Delphinium delavayi Franch. var. pogonanthum (Hand.-Mazz.) W. T. Wang. The mol-ecule has a lycoctonine carbon-atom skeleton with four six-membered...

The Delphinium alkaloids methyllycaconitine (MLA), nudicauline, 14-deacetylnudicauline (14-DN), barbinine, and deltaline were investigated for their effects on neuromuscular transmission in lizards. The substituent at C14 provides the only structural difference among the alkaloids MLA, nudicauline, 14-DN, and barbinine. Deltaline lacks the N-(methylsuccinyl)anthranilic acid at C18 common to the...

Since its first valid description by Linnaeus in 1753, the genus Delphinium L. has undergone numerous taxonomical changes that we synthesize here. The knowledge of taxonomic history is essential to clarify circumscription. For this purpose, outline pre-Linnaean history, from Dioscorides' translated works dating back 16th century Tournefort's classification 1694. Regarding post-Linnaean discuss ...

Based on results of the analysis herbarium collections, data from online-resources iNaturalist and UkrBIN various literature sources information about distribution six plant species family Ranunculaceae Juss. with national conservation level included in «The Red Data Book Ukraine» territory Poltava region were summarized. Four (Adonis vernalis L., A. volgensis DC., Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill.,...