The first phytochemical investigation of the Papua New Guinean plant Elaeocarpus habbemensis resulted in the isolation of two new pyrrolidine alkaloids, habbemines A (2) and B (3), as a 1:1 mixture of inseparable diastereomers. The structures of these compounds and their relative configurations were determined by spectroscopic means. An equimolar mixture of habbemines A and B showed human delta-opioid receptor binding affinity with an IC50 of 32.1 microM.
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