Phytochemical investigation of the root extract of Sarcocephalus latifolius has led to the isolation of the new indole alkaloids 21-O-methylstrictosamide aglycone and 21-O-ethylstrictosamide aglycone, together with strictosamide, angustine, nauclefine, angustidine, angustoline, 19-O-ethylangustoline, naucleidinal, 19-epi-naucleidinal, quinovic acid-3 beta -O-beta -D-fucopyranoside, quinovic acid-3 beta -O-alpha -L-rhamnopyranoside, scopoletin, and beta -sitosterol. Strictosamide displayed moderate antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.