Novel furocarbazole a lkaloids and antibacterial activity of ethanol extract from zanthoxylum fagara (l.) sargent

From ethanol-soluble extract of the bark from Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sargent. were isolated two novel furocarbazole alkaloids, 4-methoxy-10H-furo[3,2-a]carbazole ( ) and 10H-furo[3,2-a]carbazole ( ), whose structures were elucidated on the basis of IR, MS and NMR (including 1D and 2D) techniques. I...