Ethnopharmacological relevance Sophora alopecuroides L., which is called Kudouzi in
China, is a medicinal plant distributed in Western and Central Asia, especially in China, and …

Matrine is a quinolizidine alkaloid isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens (Kushen),
Sophora tonkinensis, and Sophora alopecuroides (Kudouzi). Matrine and its derivatives …

Three hitherto undescribed Stemona alkaloids, named stemajapines A–C (1–3), along with
six known alkaloids (4–9), were isolated and identified from the roots of Stemona japonica …

Two new norsesquiterpenoids, solanerianones A and B (1–2), together with nine known
compounds, including four sesquiterpenoids,(−)-solavetivone (3),(+)-anhydro-β-rotunol (4) …

Tonkinensines A (1) and B (2), two novel cytisine-type alkaloids that feature the skeleton
with a linkage to pterocarpan, were isolated from the roots of Sophora tonkinensis. Their …

Phytochemical investigation on the rhizomes of Sinomenium acutum led to the isolation of
new alkaloids sinomacutines A–E (1–5), and cephalonine-2-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (6) …

A pair of new enantiomeric alkaloids (+)-1 and (–)-1, along with eight known compounds (2–
9) were isolated from the stem of Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr. Their structures were …

Four new quinolizidine alkaloids, including three matrine-type alkaloids, 8α-
hydroxysophocarpine (1), 13β-hydroxyoxymatrine (2), 9α-acetoxymatrine (3), and one …

Sophora flavescens belongs to Sophora genus of Leguminosae. Its roots are used as a
traditional Chinese medicine. In our study on Sophora flavescens roots, 3 new and 19 …