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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C9H10N2
Molecular Weight 146.1891
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of MYOSMINE

SMILES

C1CN=C(C1)C2=CN=CC=C2

InChI

InChIKey=DPNGWXJMIILTBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C9H10N2/c1-3-8(7-10-5-1)9-4-2-6-11-9/h1,3,5,7H,2,4,6H2

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C9H10N2
Molecular Weight 146.1891
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Myosmine (3-(1-pyrrolin-2-yl)pyridine) is a minor tobacco alkaloid widely occurring in food products of plant and animal origin. Myosmine expresses significant genotoxic effects in human target cells of carcinogenesis. After nitrosation and/or peroxidation, myosmine gives rise to reactive pyridyloxobutylating species which are capable of forming pyridyloxobutylated DNA adducts.

CNS Activity

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Nitrosation of dietary myosmine as risk factor of human cancer.
2002 Aug
New sources of dietary myosmine uptake from cereals, fruits, vegetables, and milk.
2002 Aug 14
Fast analysis of nicotine related alkaloids in tobacco and cigarette smoke by megabore capillary gas chromatography.
2003 Oct 31
Toxicological assessment of noxious inhalants.
2004
Iminium metabolite mechanism for nicotine toxicity and addiction: Oxidative stress and electron transfer.
2005
Acute and subacute effects of tobacco alkaloids, tobacco-specific nitrosamines and phenethyl isothiocyanate on N'-nitrosonornicotine metabolism in rats.
2005 Nov 15
[Rapid determination of alkaloids in tobacco using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with full scan-selected ion monitoring mode].
2008 May
Inhibition of human aromatase by myosmine.
2009 Apr
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Myosmine (10-50mg/kg) produced time- and dose-dependent patterns of effects on locomotor activity in rats. Wistar rats received a single i.p. injection of 19 mg/ kg of myosmine and an oral dose of 190 mg/kg by gavage.
Route of Administration: Other
Possible genotoxic effects of myosmine were studied in human lymphocytes and nasal mucosal cells using the alkaline single cell microgel electrophoresis (Comet) assay. DNA single strand breaks, alkali labile sites and incomplete excision repair sites were expressed using the Olive tail moment (OTM). One hour incubation with myosmine at 0, 5, 10, 25 and 50 mM induced a low but significantly dose-dependent increase of DNA migration from 1.29 +/- 0.13 to 18.25 +/- 1.59 (OTM, mean +/- S.E., N=11) in lymphocytes. In nasal mucosal cells a similar although somewhat less extensive DNA damage from 1.17 +/- 0.12 to 21.67 +/- 2.97 (OTM, mean +/- S.E., N=10-11) was obtained after 1 h incubation with myosmine at 0, 10, 25, 50 and 100 mM. After prolonged incubation of human lymphocytes with 10mM myosmine for 1, 3, 6, and 24 h, a significant time-dependent increase of DNA migration from 3.45 +/- 0.43 to 57.77 +/- 8.24 (OTM, mean +/- S.E., N=4) was observed. Our data indicate that myosmine expresses significant genotoxic effects in human target cells of carcinogenesis
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Name Type Language
MYOSMINE
Common Name English
2-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-PYRROLINE
Preferred Name English
3-(4,5-DIHYDRO-3H-PYRROL-2-YL)PYRIDINE
Systematic Name English
NICOTINE DITARTRATE DIHYDRATE IMPURITY D [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
NICOTINE RESINATE IMPURITY D [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
NICOTINE RELATED COMPOUND D [USP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
NICOTINE IMPURITY D [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
PYRIDINE, 3-(3,4-DIHYDRO-2H-PYRROL-5-YL)-
Systematic Name English
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FDA UNII
9O0A545W4L
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MESH
C002398
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WIKIPEDIA
Myosmine
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PUBCHEM
442649
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID70891866
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CAS
532-12-7
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