The material (root and stem) of Aspidosperma ulei Markgf (Apocinaceae), popularly known as Pitiá, was collected in the locality of Garapa, Acarape County, Ceará. In this work, aliquots of the ethanol extracts of the root and of the stem barks of A. ulei were submitted to chromatographic analysis in sephadex and silica gel , and CLAE, making possible the isolation of the alkaloids (+)-20(S)uleíne (AU-1). (+)-20(...
Two glycoalkaloids: solamargine and solasonine; three flavonoids: tiliroside, 7-O-α-L-ramnopyranosyl-kaempferol and 3-O-[ß-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-α-L-ramnopyranosyl]-7- O-α-L-ramnopyranosyl-kaempferol, in addition to the tripeptide Leu-Ile-Val, the aminoacid proline and the eicosanoic acid were isolated from Solanum asperum (Solanaceae). The structures of all compounds were determined by interpretation of their...