Article · Volume 2, Issue 3 · pp. 186–189

A new alkaloid isolated from Abies webbiana leaf

Ashoke K. Ghosh¹, Debanjan Sen², Sanjib Bhattacharya³

¹aCollege of Pharmacy, IFTM, Lodhipur Rajput, Moradabad 244001, Uttar Pradesh
²Bengal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kalyani 741235
³Bengal School of Technology (A College of Pharmacy), Sugandha, Hooghly 712102, West Bengal, India

Abstract

A new alkaloid namely 1-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-aziridine was isolated from the leaf of Abies webbiana Lindl. (Pinaceae), grown in Sikkim Himalayan region of India. Its chemical structure was elucidated on the basis of elemental and spectral analyses. This is the first experimental report of the isolation of any alkaloid from A. webbiana.

Keywords: Abies webbiana Lindl; aziridine alkaloid; leaves; Pinaceae

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