Voacamine

Voacamine, also known under the older names voacanginine and vocamine, is a naturally occurring dimeric indole alkaloid of the secologanin type, found in a number of plants, including Voacanga africana and Tabernaemontana divaricata.

Voacamine
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ECHA InfoCard100.020.139
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC43H52N4O5
Molar mass704.912 g·mol−1
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It is approved for use as an antimalarial drug in several African countries.[1]

Voacamine exhibits cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonistic activity.[2]

Chemical structure

There is considerable confusion about the absolute stereochemical configuration of voacamine and the originally published absolute structure had to be later revised.[3][4]

Toxicity/Adverse Effect/Side Effect

Voacamine can cause hypertension in high dose.[5]

References

  1. "Voacamine". DrugBank. Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
  2. Kitajima M, Iwai M, Kikura-Hanajiri R, Goda Y, Iida M, Yabushita H, Takayama H (April 2011). "Discovery of indole alkaloids with cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonistic activity". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21 (7): 1962–4. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.02.036. PMID 21376588.
  3. Kutney JP, Brown RT, Piers E (March 1966). "The absolute configuration of the Iboga alkaloids". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 44 (5): 637–9. doi:10.1139/v66-087.
  4. Kutney JP, Fuji K, Treasurywala AM, Fayos J, Clardy J, Scott AI, Wei CC (1973). "Structure and Absolute Configuration of (+)-Coronaridine Hydrobromide. A Comment on the Absolute Configuration of the Iboga Alkaloids". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 95 (16): 5407–5409. doi:10.1021/ja00797a049.
  5. Leeuwenberg AJ (1985). "oacanga, (Apocynaceae), a review of its taxonomy, phytochemistry, ethnobotany and pharmacology". Agric. Univ. Wagenigen. pp. 85–3.
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