Fitoterapia. 2002 Feb; 73(1): 22-7.

A new pyrrole alkaloid from seeds of Castanea sativa.

Hiermann A, Kedwani S, Schramm HW, Seger C.

Institute of Pharmacognosy, Karl Franzens University, Universitätsplatz 4, A-8010 Graz, Austria. alois.hiermann@kfunigraz.ac.at

A new pyrrole alkaloid, methyl-(5-formyl-1H-pyrrole-2-yl)-4-hydroxybutyrate (1), was isolated from sweet chestnut seeds and its structure elucidated on the basis of data from NMR spectroscopy and by comparison with synthetic analogues.