Isovoacangine is a naturally occurring substance that has action on heart muscles in pigs.
Chemistry
Derivatives
3-Hydroxyisovoacangine and
3-(2'-oxopropyl)isovoacangine are derivates of isovoacangine.
Natural occurrence
It occurs naturally in many ''
Tabernaemontana
''Tabernaemontana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. These plants are everg ...
'' (milkwood) species such as ''
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon'' and ''
Tabernaemontana divaricata
''Tabernaemontana divaricata'', commonly called pinwheel flower, crape jasmine, East India rosebay, and Nero's crown, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. In zones where it is not hardy it is grown a ...
''.
See also
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Voacangine
Voacangine (12-methoxyibogamine-18-carboxylic acid methyl ester) is an alkaloid found predominantly in the root bark of the ''Voacanga africana'' tree, as well as in other plants such as '' Tabernanthe iboga'', ''Tabernaemontana africana'', '' Tra ...
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Tabernanthine
Tabernanthine is an alkaloid found in ''Tabernanthe iboga''.
It has been used in laboratory experiments to study how addiction affects the brain.
Tabernanthine persistently reduced the self-administration of cocaine and morphine in rats.
Phar ...
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Ibogaline
Ibogaline is an alkaloid found in '' Tabernanthe iboga'' along with the related chemical compounds ibogaine, ibogamine, and other minor alkaloids. It is a relatively smaller component of ''Tabernanthe iboga'' root bark total alkaloids (TA) conte ...
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Vinervine
References
Indole alkaloids
Heterocyclic compounds with 5 rings
Methyl esters
Methoxy compounds
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