Fitoterapia. 2002 Apr; 73(2): 171-3.

Alkaloids from Senecio aquaticus.

Christov VS, Mikhova BP, Evstatieva LN.

Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria. christov@orgchm.bas.bg

Erucifoline (1) and 9-angeloylhastanecine (2) were isolated from the aerial parts of Senecio aquaticus. Five other pyrrolizidine alkaloids were tentatively identified by GC/MS analysis: jacobine; seneciphylline; spartioidine; jacozine; and senecionine.