A new cage-type alkaloid, asparagamine A (1), was isolated from the roots of Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Liliaceae). The relative stereostructure was elucidated by spectroscopic, chemical and single crystal X-ray analyses as a novel polycyclic pyrrolizidine derivative.
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Sekine et al. (1994) studied this question.