A number of natural products have been isolated from this plant, including magellanine, magellaninone, panticuline, acetyldihydrolycopodine, acetylfawcettiine, clavolonine (8b-hydroxylycopodine), deacetylfawcettiine, fawcettiine, lycopodine, lycodine, alpha-obscurine (2,3-dihydro-b-obscurine), and beta-obscurine.Isolation of Magellanine Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1976, 54:(18) 2893-2899. Some of the molecules within this class are known inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE).Review of Lycopodium alkaloids Nat. Prod. Rep.,2004, 21, 752-772.
