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(-)-tortuosamine
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Tortuosamine is an alkaloid found in Sceletium tortuosum. Tortuosamine is a Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI). Tortuosamine is a MAO-B inhibitor, that means it blocks the enzyme that breaks down dopamine in the brain resulting in increased dopamine levels when consumed, either orally, smoked, or snorted. The 3 other main alkaloids found in Sceletium tortuosum are, Mesembrine, Mesembrenone, and Mesembranol.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C20H26N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 326.4 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-[(6S)-6-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-7,8-dihydro-5H-quinolin-6-yl]-N-methylethanamine
- SMILES
- CNCC[C@@]1(CCC2=C(C1)C=CC=N2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC)OC
- InChIKey
- QFRVOGLOHJOHAY-HXUWFJFHSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.2
- Polar surface area
- 43.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 326.199428
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- chemical formula
- C₂₀H₂₆N₂O₂
- isomeric SMILES
- CNCC[C@@]1(CCC2=C(C1)C=CC=N2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC)OC
- canonical SMILES
- CNCCC1(CCC2=C(C1)C=CC=N2)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC)OC
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Tortuosamine is an alkaloid found in Sceletium tortuosum. Tortuosamine is a Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI). Tortuosamine is a MAO-B inhibitor, that means it blocks the enzyme that breaks down dopamine in the brain resulting in increased dopamine levels when consumed, either orally, smoked, or snorted. The 3 other main alkaloids found in Sceletium tortuosum are, Mesembrine, Mesembrenone, and Mesembranol.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “(-)-tortuosamine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.