voacristine/ovarian neoplasms

Bioassay-directed fractionation of the alkaloid portion of a CH(2)Cl(2)-MeOH extract of Tabernaemontana calcarea resulted in the isolation of the three new cytotoxic indole alkaloids, 1-3, and the 12 known alkaloids voacangine (4), isovoacangine (5), coronaridine (6), 11-hydroxycoronaridine (7),