Four previously undescribed erythrinan alkaloids, 8α-acetonylerythristemine, 8α-acetonylerysotrine, 10β-hydroxy-11β-methoxyerysotramidine and 3-epierysotrine, one undescribed pyrrolidine derivative, S-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenethyl)-5-hydroxy pyrrolidin-2-one, and one undescribed amide, N-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenethyl)-4-hydroxylbutanamide, along with thirteen known alkaloids were isolated from the stem barks of Erythrina strica Roxb. (Leguminosae). Their structures were identified by extensive analysis of physical, spectroscopic and spectrometric data. It's very interesting that the coexistence of 3-methoxytyramine, erythrinarbine, S-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenethyl)-5-hydroxy pyrrolidin-2-one and N-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenethyl)-4-hydroxylbutanamide that may be closely related in biosynthesis, supports the hypothetical biogenetic pathway of pyrrolo [2,1-a]isoquinoline alkaloids.
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