In the present study the tissue culture of a medicinal plant Holarrhena antidisenterica was established. Phytochemical analysis revealed a presence of a few alkaloids in the callus tissues. Two of them were determined by TLC as conessine and conimine. A screening of antibacterial activity of
Holarrhena pubescens is an important medicinal plant of the Apocynaceae family that is widely distributed over the Indian subcontinent. The plant is extensively used in Ayurveda and other traditional medicinal systems without obvious adverse effects. Beside notable progress in the biological
Two new steroidal alkaloids, isoconkuressine and N-formylconessimine, together with 6 known steroidal alkaloids including conkuressine, conessine, isoconessimine, conimine, conarrhimine, and funtudienine, were isolated from the seeds of Holarrhena antidysenteriaca Wall.ex A.DC. Their intrinsic
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