The structures of huperzine A and B, two new alkaloids exhibiting marked anticholinesterase activity

1986/04/01 by Jia-Sen Liu, Yuan-Long Zhu, Chao‐Mei Yu +5 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Computer Science · Medicine · #Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases #Computational Drug Discovery Methods #Insect and Pesticide Research

paper · doi:10.1139/v86-137

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Abstract

Huperzine A and B, two new Lycopodium alkaloids isolated from Huperziaserrata (Thunb.) Trev., are shown to possess structures 1 and 3, respectively, on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic data.

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• A novel endophytic Huperzine A-producing fungus, Shiraia sp. Slf14, isolated from Huperzia serrata

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