Planta Medica · 1980 · 40 citations · 0 references
BiologyTraditional MedicineBioorganic ChemistryBotanyMajor Alkaloids BerberineNatural SciencesHerbal MedicinePharmacologySecondary MetaboliteCoscinium FenestratumPhytopharmacologyIndonesian Medicinal PlantsSouth KalimantanPhytochemistryMedicine
The stem and root of Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr. (Menispermaceae), collected on South Kalimantan, Indonesia, contain as major alkaloids berberine and jatrorrhizine. Appreciable amounts of berberrubine and NjN-dimethyllindcarpine and small amounts of thalifendine and palmatine are also present. Stem and root contain the same pattern of alkaloids.