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[email protected] The Open Conference Proceedings Journal, 2013, 4, (Suppl-2, M18) 75-82 75 Open Access New Indole Alkaloids from Kopsia Singapurensis (RIDL.) Kartini Ahmad1,2,*, Yusuke Hirasawa2, Alfarius Eko Nugroho2, A. Hamid A. Hadi3, Koichi Takeya4, Noel F. Thomas3, Khalijah Awang3, Hiroshi Morita2, Tan Siow Ping1 and Mohd Azlan Nafiah1 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia 2Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Ebara 2-4-41 Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan 3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4Tokyo University of Pharmaceutical and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan Abstract: Study on chemical constituents from Kopsia singapurensis (Apocynaceae) yielded four new aspidofractinines: Singaporentine A (1), N(1)-formylkopsininic acid (2), N(1)-formylkopsininic acid-N(4)-oxide (3), 15-hydroxykopsamine (4); a new aspidospermatan: 14α-hydroxy-N(4)-methylcondylocarpine (5) and a new akuamiline: singaporentinidine (6) together with 18 known indole alkaloids from different parts of the plant. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by combination of various spectroscopic methods. Keywords: Indole, aspidofractinines, aspidospermatan, akuamiline, Apocynaceae. INTRODUCTION from roots: kopsamine N(4)-oxide, 16-epiakuammiline, N- methylpleiocarpamine, aspidodasycarpine, kopsamine, kops- The genus Kopsia (Apocynaceae) comprises of 30 inine and kopsininic acid. Their structures were elucidated species which is native to China, India and Southeast Asia by combination of various spectroscopic methods such as 1D [1-7]. In Malay Peninsula, Kopsia singapurensis Ridl. is one and 2D NMR, IR, UV and MS.