Toxiferine

Toxiferine
Identifiers
CAS Number 302-30-7
PubChem CID 5281411
ChemSpider 4444760
UNII 9M7D9K3OJI
ChEMBL CHEMBL231047
Chemical data
Formula C40H46N4O2
Molar mass 614.82 g/mol

Toxiferine (C-toxiferine I) is a curare toxin. It is a bisindole alkaloid derived from Strychnos toxifera and a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.

It is a muscle relaxant that causes paralysis of skeletal muscle, which takes approximately 2 hours to recovery for a moderate dose, and 8 hours of total paralysis with a 20-fold paralytic dose.[1]

References

  1. Page 330 in: The Alkaloids: v. 1: A Review of Chemical Literature (Specialist Periodical Reports). Cambridge, Eng: Royal Society of Chemistry. 1971. ISBN 0-85186-257-8.


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