IT IS KNOWN THAT EBURANAMONINE HAS BEEN ISOLATED FROM SEVERAL PLANT SPECIES SUCH AS VINCA MINOR AND HUNTERIA EBURNEA. EBURNAMONINE POSSESSES INTERESTING PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERIES, IT PROVOKES A HYPERTENSION ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC STIMULATION AND AN INCREASE OF TONICITY. IN ADDITION, EBURNAMONINE CAN SERVE AS STARTING MATERIAL IN THE SYNTHESIS OF KNOWN ANALOGOUS COMPOUNDS DISPLAYING AN INTERESTING PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY.