salutaridine
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Salutaridine, also known as floripavine, is an alkaloid that is present in the morphinan alkaloid pathway of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.
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- Mass
- 327.147058
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- found in taxon
- Papaveraceae
- chemical formula
- C₁₉H₂₁NO₄
- canonical SMILES
- CN1CCC23C=C(C(=O)C=C2C1CC4=C3C(=C(C=C4)OC)O)OC
- isomeric SMILES
- CN1CC[C@]23C=C(C(=O)C=C2[C@H]1CC4=C3C(=C(C=C4)OC)O)OC
- Commons category
- Salutaridine
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Biosynthesis
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Salutaridine, also known as floripavine, is an alkaloid that is present in the morphinan alkaloid pathway of opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.
==Biosynthesis== It is produced by the enzyme salutaridine synthase that catalyzes the chemical reaction from its precursor (R)-reticuline:
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