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  2. Binding of quinolizidine alkaloids to nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

Binding of quinolizidine alkaloids to nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

  • J Nat Prod. 1994 Sep;57(9):1316-9. doi: 10.1021/np50111a026.
T Schmeller 1 M Sauerwein F Sporer M Wink W E Müller
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  • 1 Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Germany.
Abstract

Fourteen quinolizidine Alkaloids, isolated from Lupinus albus, L. mutabilis, and Anagyris foetida, were analyzed for their affinity for nicotinic and/or muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Of the compounds tested, the alpha-pyridones, N-methylcytisine and cytisine, showed the highest affinities at the nicotinic receptor, while several quinolizidine alkaloid types were especially active at the muscarinic receptor.

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