Dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids from the seeds of Euonymus hamiltonianus

Plants of the Celastraceae family produce various dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids. Two dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquitepene pyridine alkaloids (1,2) apart from four known compounds euojaponin C (3), wilforine (4), austronine (5) and O-9-benzoyl-O-9-deacetylevonine (6), were isolated from the ripe seeds of Euonymus hamiltonianus. Their chemical structures were elucidated mainly by analysis of NMR and MS spectral data. All compounds were evaluated for insecticidal activity. (C) 2012 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).