Indolizidine 239Q and quinolizidine 275I. Major alkaloids in two Argentinian bufonid toads (Melanophryniscus)

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2008-12-15

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Daly, John W.
Garraffo, H. Martin
Spande, Thomas F.
Yeh, Herman J. C.
Peltzer, Paola M.
Cacivio, Pedro M.
Baldo, J. Diego
Faivovich, Julian [UNESP]

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Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd

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Alkaloid profiles in skin of poison frogs/toads (Dendrobatidae, Mantellidae, Bufonidae, and Myobatrachidae) are highly dependent on diet and hence on the nature of habitat. Extracts of the two species of toads (Melanophryniscus kiappenbachi and Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis) from similar habitats in the Corrientes/Chaco Provinces of Argentina have similar profiles of alkaloids, which differ considerably in profiles from other Metanophryniscus species from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Structures of two major alkaloids 239Q (1) and 275I (2) were determined by mass, FTIR, and NMR spectral analysis as 5Z9Z-3-(1-hydroxybutyl)-5-propylindolizidine and 6Z,10E-4,6-di(pent-4-enyl) quinolizidine, respectively. A third alkaloid, 249F (3), is postulated to be a homopumiliotoxin with an unprecedented conjugated exocyclic diene moiety. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Alkaloids, Ants, Bufonidae, Dietary arthropods, Mass spectrometry, Mites

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Toxicon. Oxford: Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd, v. 52, n. 8, p. 858-870, 2008.