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Tropane alkaloid

Index Tropane alkaloid

Tropane alkaloids are a class of bicyclic alkaloids and secondary metabolites that contain a tropane ring in their chemical structure. [1]

30 relations: Acetylcholine, Alkaloid, Anticholinergic, Atropa belladonna, Atropine, Benzoylecgonine, Brugmansia, Catuaba, Catuabine, Chemical structure, Cocaine, Datura, Ecgonine, Erythroxylum coca, Erythroxylum vaccinifolium, Hallucinogen, Hydroxytropacocaine, Hyoscine, Hyoscyamine, Hyoscyamus niger, Isomer, Mandragora officinarum, Methylecgonine cinnamate, Phenyltropane, Racemic mixture, Scopine, Secondary metabolite, Solanaceae, Stimulant, Tropane.

Acetylcholine

Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic chemical that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals, including humans, as a neurotransmitter—a chemical message released by nerve cells to send signals to other cells.

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Alkaloid

Alkaloids are a class of naturally occurring chemical compounds that mostly contain basic nitrogen atoms.

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Anticholinergic

An anticholinergic agent is a substance that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and the peripheral nervous system.

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Atropa belladonna

Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, and aubergine.

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Atropine

Atropine is a medication to treat certain types of nerve agent and pesticide poisonings as well as some types of slow heart rate and to decrease saliva production during surgery.

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Benzoylecgonine

Benzoylecgonine is the main metabolite of cocaine.

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Brugmansia

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae.

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Catuaba

The name catuaba (pronounced, a Guarani word that means "what gives strength to the Indian") is used for the infusions of the bark of a number of trees native to Brazil.

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Catuabine

Catuabines are a group of tropane alkaloids, isolated from Erythroxylum vaccinifolium, which are used in the preparation of the drug Catuaba (which in traditional Brazilian medicine is purported to be an aphrodisiac and central nervous system stimulant, though such has not been substantiated).

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Chemical structure

A chemical structure determination includes a chemist's specifying the molecular geometry and, when feasible and necessary, the electronic structure of the target molecule or other solid.

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Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

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Datura

Datura is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

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Ecgonine

Ecgonine (tropane derivative) is a tropane alkaloid found naturally in coca leaves.

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Erythroxylum coca

Erythroxylum coca is one of two species of cultivated coca.

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Erythroxylum vaccinifolium

Erythroxylum vaccinifolium is a flowering plant species in the genus Erythroxylum.

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Hallucinogen

A hallucinogen is a psychoactive agent which can cause hallucinations, perceptual anomalies, and other substantial subjective changes in thoughts, emotion, and consciousness.

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Hydroxytropacocaine

Hydroxytropacocaine is a tropane alkaloid found in Erythroxylum coca.

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Hyoscine

Hyoscine, also known as scopolamine, is a medication used to treat motion sickness and postoperative nausea and vomiting.

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Hyoscyamine

Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine) is a tropane alkaloid.

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Hyoscyamus niger

Hyoscyamus niger, commonly known as henbane, black henbane or stinking nightshade, is a poisonous plant in the family Solanaceae.

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Isomer

An isomer (from Greek ἰσομερής, isomerès; isos.

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Mandragora officinarum

Mandragora officinarum is the type species of the plant genus Mandragora.

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Methylecgonine cinnamate

Methylecgonine cinnamate is a natural tropane alkaloid found within the coca plant.

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Phenyltropane

Phenyltropanes (PTs) were originally developed to reduce cocaine addiction and dependency.

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Racemic mixture

In chemistry, a racemic mixture, or racemate, is one that has equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule.

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Scopine

Scopine is a tropane alkaloid found in a variety of plants including Mandragora root, Senecio mikanoides (Delairea odorata), Scopolia carniolica, and Scopolia lurida.

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Secondary metabolite

Secondary metabolites are organic compounds that are not directly involved in the normal growth, development, or reproduction of an organism.

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Solanaceae

The Solanaceae, or nightshades, are an economically important family of flowering plants.

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Stimulant

Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.

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Tropane

Tropane is a nitrogenous bicyclic organic compound.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropane_alkaloid

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