CHEBI:2612 - alstonine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:2612
ChEBI Namealstonine
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DefinitionAn indole alkaloid with formula C21H20N2O3, isolated from several Rauvolfia species and exhibits antipsychotic activity.
Last Modified16 November 2018
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FormulaC21H20N2O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass348.402
Monoisotopic Mass348.14739
SMILES[H][C@@]12C[n+]3ccc4c([n-]c5ccccc54)c3C[C@]1([H])C(C(=O)OC)=CO[C@H]2C
InChIInChI=1S/C21H20N2O3/c1-12-16-10-23-8-7-14-13-5-3-4-6-18(13)22-20(14)19(23)9-15(16)17(11-26-12)21(24)25-2/h3-8,11-12,15-16H,9-10H2,1-2H3/t12-,15-,16-/m0/s1
InChIKeyWYTGDNHDOZPMIW-RCBQFDQVSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Rauvolfia obscura (IPNI:81602-1)
root (BTO:0001188) PubMed (948531)
leaf (BTO:0000713) PubMed (1121522)
Rauvolfia hirsuta (IPNI:INI81548-1) root (BTO:0001188) Article (Vergara, B.U. (1955) Extraction of reserpine and other alkaloids from Colombian Rauwolfia hirsute. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 77(7), 1864-1864.)
Rauvolfia vomitoria (IPNI:81673-1) - Article (Schlittler, E., Schwarz, H. and Bader, F. (1952) Isolierung von Alstonin aus afrikanischen Rauwolfia‐Arten. Helv. Chim. Acta, 35(1), 271-276.)
Rauvolfia volkensii (IPNI:81672-1) root (BTO:0001188) PubMed (7253681)
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
metabolite  Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
Application:
antipsychotic agent  Antipsychotic drugs are agents that control agitated psychotic behaviour, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) has role antipsychotic agent (CHEBI:35476)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) is a indole alkaloid (CHEBI:38958)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) is a methyl ester (CHEBI:25248)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) is a organic heteropentacyclic compound (CHEBI:38164)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) is a zwitterion (CHEBI:27369)
alstonine (CHEBI:2612) is conjugate base of alstonine(1+) (CHEBI:142530)
Incoming Relation(s)
alstonine(1+) (CHEBI:142530) is conjugate acid of alstonine (CHEBI:2612)
IUPAC Name 
(19α,20α)-16-(methoxycarbonyl)-19-methyl-3,4,5,6,16,17-hexadehydro-18-oxayohimban-4-ium-1-ide
Synonyms  Source
alstonineKEGG COMPOUND
alstoninChEBI
3,4,5,6,16,17-hexadehydro-16-(methoxycarbonyl)-19α-methyl-20α-oxayohimbaniumChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C09028KEGG COMPOUND
C00001683KNApSAcK
AlstonineWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
CAS:642-18-2KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:642-18-2ChemIDplus
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