Details
| Stereochemistry | ABSOLUTE |
| Molecular Formula | C22H23NO7.ClH |
| Molecular Weight | 449.881 |
| Optical Activity | UNSPECIFIED |
| Defined Stereocenters | 2 / 2 |
| E/Z Centers | 0 |
| Charge | 0 |
SHOW SMILES / InChI
SMILES
Cl.COC1=CC=C2[C@H](OC(=O)C2=C1OC)[C@@H]3N(C)CCC4=C3C(OC)=C5OCOC5=C4
InChI
InChIKey=MFLVZFXCSKVCSH-URBRKQAFSA-N
InChI=1S/C22H23NO7.ClH/c1-23-8-7-11-9-14-20(29-10-28-14)21(27-4)15(11)17(23)18-12-5-6-13(25-2)19(26-3)16(12)22(24)30-18;/h5-6,9,17-18H,7-8,10H2,1-4H3;1H/t17-,18+;/m1./s1
DescriptionCurator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including
http://www.jbc.org/content/289/11/7505.full.pdf+html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noscapine
http://www.pnas.org/content/95/4/1601.full
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including
http://www.jbc.org/content/289/11/7505.full.pdf+html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noscapine
http://www.pnas.org/content/95/4/1601.full
Noscapine (also known as Narcotine, Nectodon, Nospen, Anarcotine and (archaic) Opiane) is a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid from plants of the poppy family, without painkilling properties. This agent is primarily used for its antitussive (cough-suppressing) effects. Noscapine is often used as an antitussive medication. A 2012 Dutch guideline, however, does not recommend its use for coughing. Noscapine can increase the effects of centrally sedating substances such as alcohol and hypnotics. Noscapine should not be taken in conjunction with warfarin as the anticoagulant effects of warfarin may be increased. Noscapine, and its synthetic derivatives called noscapinoids, are known to interact with microtubules and inhibit cancer cell proliferation. Mechanisms for its antitussive action are unknown, although animal studies have suggested central nervous system as a site of action. Furthermore, noscapine causes apoptosis in many cell types and has potent antitumor activity against solid murine lymphoid tumors (even when the drug was administered orally) and against human breast and bladder tumors implanted in nude mice. Because noscapine is water-soluble and absorbed after oral administration, its chemotherapeutic potential in human cancer merits thorough evaluation. Antifibrotic effect of noscapine based on novel mechanism, which it shows through EP2 prostaglandin E2 receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase A.
CNS Activity
Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15297423
Curator's Comment: Known to be CNS active in rat: Noscapine crosses the blood-brain barrier and inhibits glioblastoma growth
Human data not available
Approval Year
Targets
| Primary Target | Pharmacology | Condition | Potency |
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Target ID: CHEMBL1881 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24492608 |
Conditions
| Condition | Modality | Targets | Highest Phase | Product |
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| Primary | Unknown Approved UseUnknown |
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Cmax
| Value | Dose | Co-administered | Analyte | Population |
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36.8 μg/L |
50 mg single, oral dose: 50 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: UNKNOWN |
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394 μg/L EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2257866 |
200 mg single, oral dose: 200 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: MALE food status: FASTED |
AUC
| Value | Dose | Co-administered | Analyte | Population |
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57 μg × h/L |
50 mg single, oral dose: 50 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: UNKNOWN |
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794 μg × h/L EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2257866 |
200 mg single, oral dose: 200 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: MALE food status: FASTED |
T1/2
| Value | Dose | Co-administered | Analyte | Population |
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8.42 h |
50 mg single, oral dose: 50 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: FEMALE / MALE food status: UNKNOWN |
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4.5 h EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2257866 |
200 mg single, oral dose: 200 mg route of administration: Oral experiment type: SINGLE co-administered: |
NOSCAPINE plasma | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: MALE food status: FASTED |
Funbound
| Value | Dose | Co-administered | Analyte | Population |
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7% EXPERIMENT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1972403 |
NOSCAPINE serum | Homo sapiens population: HEALTHY age: ADULT sex: UNKNOWN food status: UNKNOWN |
Doses
| Dose | Population | Adverse events |
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4 mg 1 times / day single, oral Studied dose Dose: 4 mg, 1 times / day Route: oral Route: single Dose: 4 mg, 1 times / day Sources: |
unhealthy, 57 years |
Other AEs: Drug eruption... |
50 mg 3 times / day multiple, oral Recommended Dose: 50 mg, 3 times / day Route: oral Route: multiple Dose: 50 mg, 3 times / day Sources: |
unhealthy, mean age 71 years Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: mean age 71 years Sex: F Sources: |
Other AEs: International normalized ratio increased... Other AEs: International normalized ratio increased Sources: |
AEs
| AE | Significance | Dose | Population |
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| Drug eruption | 4 mg 1 times / day single, oral Studied dose Dose: 4 mg, 1 times / day Route: oral Route: single Dose: 4 mg, 1 times / day Sources: |
unhealthy, 57 years |
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| International normalized ratio increased | 50 mg 3 times / day multiple, oral Recommended Dose: 50 mg, 3 times / day Route: oral Route: multiple Dose: 50 mg, 3 times / day Sources: |
unhealthy, mean age 71 years Health Status: unhealthy Age Group: mean age 71 years Sex: F Sources: |
Overview
| CYP3A4 | CYP2C9 | CYP2D6 | hERG |
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OverviewOther
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Drug as perpetrator
| Target | Modality | Activity | Metabolite | Clinical evidence |
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| strong [IC50 10.8 uM] | no (co-administration study) Comment: administered with quinine. See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668444/ Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20233183/ |
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| strong [IC50 13.3 uM] | yes (pharmacogenomic study) Comment: noscapine reduces CYP2C9 activity to the reported level in subjects with CYP2C9*2/*3. Mean increase of losartan phenotypic index was 4.9 fold. See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668444/ Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20233183/ |
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| yes [IC50 100 uM] | ||||
| yes [Inhibition 100 uM] | ||||
| yes [Inhibition 100 uM] | ||||
| yes [Inhibition 100 uM] | ||||
| yes [Inhibition 100 uM] | no (co-administration study) Comment: administered with caffeine. See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668444/ Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20233183/ |
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| yes | yes (co-administration study) Comment: Mean increase of omeprazole phenotypic index was 3.6 fold. Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668444/ |
Drug as victim
| Target | Modality | Activity | Metabolite | Clinical evidence |
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| yes | ||||
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PubMed
| Title | Date | PubMed |
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| Potent anti-inflammatory activity of novel microtubule-modulating brominated noscapine analogs. | 2010-02-11 |
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| Simultaneous chemiluminescence determination of thebaine and noscapine using support vector machine regression. | 2010-02 |
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| Inclusion complexes of noscapine in beta-cyclodextrin offer better solubility and improved pharmacokinetics. | 2010-02 |
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| Simultaneous liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry quantification of urinary opiates, cocaine, and metabolites in opiate-dependent pregnant women in methadone-maintenance treatment. | 2010-01-30 |
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| Recent patents reveal microtubules as persistent promising target for novel drug development for cancers. | 2009-11 |
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| Relevance of an opioid, noscapine in reducing cystogeneses in rat experimental model of polycystic ovary syndrome. | 2009-11 |
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| EM011 activates a survivin-dependent apoptotic program in human non-small cell lung cancer cells. | 2009-10-30 |
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| General unknown screening procedure for the characterization of human drug metabolites in forensic toxicology: applications and constraints. | 2009-09 |
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| A validated hybrid quadrupole linear ion-trap LC-MS method for the analysis of morphine and morphine glucuronides applied to opiate deaths. | 2009-05-30 |
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| [Pharmacological treatment of acute cough]. | 2009-05-14 |
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| Validation of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric assay for the quantitative determination of hydrastine and berberine in human serum. | 2009-05-01 |
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| 9-bromonoscapine-induced mitotic arrest of cigarette smoke condensate-transformed breast epithelial cells. | 2009-04-15 |
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| Adulterant profile of illicit street heroin and reduction of its precipitated physical dependence withdrawal syndrome by extracts of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). | 2009-04 |
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| Tubulin-interactive natural products as anticancer agents. | 2009-03-27 |
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| Capillary zone electrophoresis with diode-array detection for analysis of local anaesthetics and opium alkaloids in urine samples. | 2009-03-15 |
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| [Noscapine and warfarin--a potentially dangerous interaction]. | 2009-03-12 |
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| Simultaneous determination of codeine and noscapine by flow-injection chemiluminescence method using N-PLS regression. | 2009-02-20 |
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| Noscapine inhibits human prostate cancer progression and metastasis in a mouse model. | 2009-02-05 |
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| The anti-cancer activity of noscapine: a review. | 2009-01 |
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| Pharmacologic profiling of human and rat cytochrome P450 1A1 and 1A2 induction and competition. | 2008-12 |
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| Antitumor activity of noscapine in human non-small cell lung cancer xenograft model. | 2008-12 |
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| Antiangiogenic effects of noscapine enhance radioresponse for GL261 tumors. | 2008-08-01 |
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| Effect of noscapine and vincristine combination on demyelination and cell proliferation in vitro. | 2008-08 |
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| Noscapine induces apoptosis in human glioma cells by an apoptosis-inducing factor-dependent pathway. | 2008-07 |
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| Applicability of ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for heroin profiling. | 2008-04-25 |
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| Persistence of DNA threads in human anaphase cells suggests late completion of sister chromatid decatenation. | 2008-04 |
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| Warfarin-noscapine interaction: a series of four case reports. | 2008-03 |
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| Noscapine may increase the effect of warfarin. | 2008-02 |
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| Quantitative 1H NMR metabolomics reveals extensive metabolic reprogramming of primary and secondary metabolism in elicitor-treated opium poppy cell cultures. | 2008-01-22 |
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| Role of CAP350 in centriolar tubule stability and centriole assembly. | 2008 |
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| Differentiation of opium and poppy straw using capillary electrophoresis and pattern recognition techniques. | 2007-12-12 |
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| Simultaneous voltammetric determination of morphine and noscapine by adsorptive differential pulse stripping method and least-squares support vector machines. | 2007-11-30 |
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| Separation and determination of five major opium alkaloids with mixed mode of hydrophilic/cation-exchange monolith by pressurized capillary electrochromatography. | 2007-11 |
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| Apoptotic pathway induced by noscapine in human myelogenous leukemic cells. | 2007-11 |
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| Preclinical pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of noscapine, a tubulin-binding anticancer agent. | 2007-11 |
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| Fatal poisoning by alcohol and heroin. | 2007-09 |
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| Optimum conditions for detecting hepatic micronuclei caused by numerical chromosome aberration inducers in mice. | 2007-08-15 |
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| A simple and rapid flow-injection chemiluminescence method for the determination of noscapine with Ru(phen)3(2+)-Ce(IV) system. | 2007-08 |
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| p53 and p21 determine the sensitivity of noscapine-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells. | 2007-04-15 |
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| Validation of meconin as a marker for illicit opiate use. | 2007-03 |
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| Synthesis and biological evaluation of a cyclic ether fluorinated noscapine analog. | 2006-12-15 |
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| Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity of haloderivatives of noscapine. | 2006-10-01 |
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| Treatment of hormone-refractory breast cancer: apoptosis and regression of human tumors implanted in mice. | 2006-09 |
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| Synthesis of microtubule-interfering halogenated noscapine analogs that perturb mitosis in cancer cells followed by cell death. | 2006-08-14 |
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| The significance of putative urinary markers of illicit heroin use after consumption of poppy seed products. | 2006-08 |
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| Quantitative analysis of morphine and noscapine using corona discharge ion mobility spectrometry with ammonia reagent gas. | 2006-06-15 |
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| Coated wire potentiometric detection for capillary electrophoresis studied using organic amines, drugs, and biogenic amines. | 2006-06-01 |
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| Noscapine and diltiazem augment taxol and radiation-induced S-phase arrest and clonogenic death of C6 glioma in vitro. | 2006-05 |
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| Interaction of papaverine with the enalapril-induced cough in guinea pig. | 2006-03 |
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| Anxiolytic effect of noscapine in mice. | 2005-12-07 |
Sample Use Guides
In Vitro Use Guide
Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22546556
Noscapine effectively inhibited the proliferation of LoVo cells in vitro (IC(50)=75 μM). This cytotoxicity was reflected by cell cycle arrest at G(2)/M and subsequent apoptosis, as indicated by increased chromatin condensation and fragmentation, the upregulation of Bax and cytochrome c (Cyt-c), the downregulation of survivin and Bcl-2, and the activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9
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PRIMARY | Description: Colourless crystals or a white, crystalline powder; odourless. Solubility: Freely soluble in water and ethanol (~750 g/l) TS; practically insoluble in ether R. Category: Antitussive drug. Storage: Noscapine hydrochloride should be kept in a well-closed container, protected from light. Additional information: Noscapine hydrochloride is hygroscopic. Definition: Noscapine hydrochloride contains not less than 98.5% and not more than 101.0% of C22H23NO7,HCl, calculated withreference to the dried substance. | ||
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