New humantenine-type indole alkaloids with iridoid unit from Gelsemium species

Two new oxindole alkaloids, rankiniridine (1) and humanteniridine (2), having a nitrogen-carbon linkage between a humantenine-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloid and a monoterpene unit with an iridoid skeleton, were isolated from Gelsemium rankinii and Gelsemium elegans, respectively.