Evoxine

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Evoxine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(±)-1-(4,8-dimethoxyfuro[2,3-b]quinolin-7-yl)oxy-3-methylbutane-2,3-diol
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Legal
Identifiers
CAS number 522-11-2
ATC code None
PubChem CID 73416
ChemSpider 66130
Chemical data
Formula C11H12O2 
Mol. mass 347.362 g/mol
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Evoxine (Haploperine) is an alkaloid with hypnotic and sedative effects. It is found naturally in a variety of Australian and African plants including Evodia xanthoxyloides[1] and Teclea gerrardii.[2]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Eastwood, FW; Hughes, GK; Ritchie, E. (1954). "Alkaloids of the Australian Rutaceae: Evodia xanthoxyloides F.Muell. IV. The structures of Evoxine and Evoxoidine". Australian Journal of Chemistry 7 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1071/CH9540087. 
  2. ^ Waffo, AF; Coombes, PH; Crouch, NR; Mulholland, DA; El Amin, SM; Smith, PJ (2007). "Acridone and furoquinoline alkaloids from Teclea gerrardii (Rutaceae: Toddalioideae) of southern Africa.". Phytochemistry 68 (5): 663–7. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.10.011. PMID 17174364.