CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, cilt.50, sa.2, ss.185-192, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Investigation of the constituents of the fruits of Morus alba LINNE (Moraceae) afforded five new nortropane alkaloids (1-5) along with nor-psi-tropine (6) and six new amino acids, morusimic acids A-F (7-12). The structures of the new compounds were determined to be 2alpha,3beta-dihydroxynortropane (1), 2beta,3beta-dihydroxy-nortropane (2), 2alpha,3beta,6exo-trihydroxynortropane (3), 2alpha,3beta,4alpha-trihydroxynortropane (4), 3beta,6exo-dihydroxynortropane (5), (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-{(1S,4S)-4-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-pyrrolidin-1-yl}-dodecanoic acid-3-O-beta-nu-glucopyranoside (7), (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-{(1S,4S)-4-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-pyrrolidin-1-yl}-dodecanoic acid (8), (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-[(IR,4R,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-piperidin-1-yl]-dodecanoic acid-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (9), (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-[(1,4R,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-piperidin-1-yl]-dodecanoic acid (10), (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-[(1R,4R,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-piperidin-1-yl]-dodecanoic acid-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (11), and (3R)-3-hydroxy-12-[(1R,4S,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-piperidin-1-yl]-dodecanoic acid (12) on the basis of spectral and chemical data.