Alisma canaliculatum is a herb commonly used in traditional Korean medicine, and has been shown in scientific studies to have antitumor, diuretic hepatoprotective, and antibacterial effects. Recently, the anti-osteoclastogenesis of alisol A 24-acetate from Alisma canaliculatum was investigated in vitro. However, the influence of alisol A 24-acetate on osteoporosis in animals has not been invest...

Pyranoquinoline alkaloids, which possess inter­ esting pharmacological properties are known [1, 2] to occur in the plant family Rutaceae. The alka­ loids, khaplofoline (1) and ribalinine (2), isolated respectively from Haplophyllum foliosum (Vved) [3] and Balfourodendron riedelianum [4], members of the rutaceae, are structurally proven to be of pyrano [2,3-b]quinoline systems. Several reports h...