Carpainone: new alkaloid from the leaveas of carica papaya L
Abstract
Carica papaya L. is well known for its nutritional and medicinal properties throughout the world. The medicinal properties of Papaya include anti-tumor, anti-bacterial and free radical scavenging activities. From the leaves of the papaya tree a new alkaloid carpainone (1) was isolated by chromatographic methods. Its structure was elucidated by HR-MS, ID- and 2D- NMR spectroscopic methods.