Lagerindicine, a New Pyrrole Alkaloid Isolated from the Flowers of Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus

A phytochemical investigation of the EtOH extract of the flowers of Lagerstroemia indica L.led to the isolation and char-acterization of a new pyrrole alkaloid,named lagerindicine(1),along with four known compounds(2-5).Their structures were elucidated by the detailed spectroscopic analysis and comparison with literature data,whereas the structure,in par-ticularly,the absolute configuration(AC)of 1,was firmly determined by total synthesis.All the isolates were evaluated for their cytotoxic effects against human colon cancer cell(HCT-116),and compound 3 exhibited weak cytotoxicity with IC50 value of 28.4μM.