“…The indole ring system is present in a number of natural products, many of which are found to possess psychotropic (Grinev, Trofimkin, Lomanova, Andreeva & Mashkovskii, 1978), antidepressant (Grinev et al, 1984) and hypertensive (Merk, 1971) properties. They also exhibit antirnicrobial (EI-Sayed, Bamhart, Ammon & Wassel, 1986) and anti-inflammatory (Rodriguez, Temprano, Esteban-Calderon, Martinez-Ripoll & GarciaBlanco, 1985) activity.…”