A novel veratramine alkaloid, called puqienine F (1) and possessing a 12,16-epoxy ring, was isolated from the bulbs of Fritillaria puqiensis G. D. Yu et G. Y. Chen (Liliaceae). The structure was elucidated by extensive spectral and X-ray crystallographic analyses.
Six new steroidal alkaloids, namely puqienines C-E (1-3), puqiedine (4), 3alpha-puqiedin-7-ol (5), and puqietinedione (6), along with two known steroidal alkaloids puqiedinone (7) and peimisine (8), were isolated from the bulbs of Fritillaria puqiensis G.D. Yu et G.Y. Chen (Liliaceae). Their