Biala RG, Tits M, Penelle J, Frédérich M, Brandt V, Prospéri C, Llabrès G, Angenot L
Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Liège, CHU, Tour 4, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium, and Laboratory of NMR, Institute of Physics, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
J Nat Prod. 1998 Jan 23;61(1):139-41. doi: 10.1021/np9703454.
The reinvestigation of Strychnos nux-vomica resulted in the isolation of a colored monoquaternary bisindole alkaloid from the roots. The structure of this new orange substance, strychnochrysine (1), was defined by detailed spectroscopic methods.