Tursch, B.Daloze, D.Pasteels, J. M.Cravador, A.Braekman, J. C.Hootele, C.Zimmermann, D.2015-06-152015-06-1519720037-9646AUT: ACR00659;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/6157During our continuing investigation of Coccinellidae alkaloids [l, 2,3] about 20,000 specimens of Hippodamia convergens were collected in Central California in September 1971. Fractionation of the methanolic extract by solvent partitions and repeated column chromatography afforded two novel alkaloids, hippodamin (I) and convergin (11) in a ratio of about 1 : 2.engjournal article