
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bick, IRC 
A1  - Clezy, PS 
A1  - Crow, ED 
T1  - The alkaloids of <I>Atherosperma moschatum</I> Labill. I. Isolation of the alkaloids and structure of Berbamine
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1956
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 111
EP  - 120
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9560111 
N2  - The bark of Atherosperma moschatum Labill. of the family Monimiaceae contains the known bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids berbamine (1.6 per cent.) and isotetrandrine (0.06 per cent.), together with isocorydine (0.007 per cent.) and three new alkaloids atherosperminine, C20H23O2N (0.005 per cent.), atherospermidine, C18Hl3O4N (0 006 per cent.), and spermatheridine, C17H11O3N (0.002 per cent.). The last two alkaloids are bright yellow and weakly basic. In addition to the bases listed above the leaves contain a trace of another alkaloid spermatherine. Both bark and leaves contain . phenolic alkaloids which were not further investigated. The position of the hitherto unlocated hydroxyl group in berbamine is unequivocally established by fission of O-ethylberbamine with sodium in liquid ammonia. 
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