Folipidine, a new type quinoline alkaloid from plants of the Haplophyllum genus

The new quinoline alkaloid folipidine, the structure of which was established by chemical transformations and spectral data (UV, IR, mass, NMR) using APT 2D H-1-H-1 COSY, NOESY, and H-1-(13)CHSQC, HMBC, was isolated from two plants of the Haplophyllum mints. Folipidine is the first representative of a new type of quinoline alkaloids that contain a heteroaromatic skeleton of [3,4-b]conjugated pyrrole and quinoline fragments. The total alkaloids of these plants exhibit antitumor activity. Folipidine does not possess such activity.