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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C16H19N3O3.2ClH
Molecular Weight 374.262
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of FEBRIFUGINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.Cl.O[C@H]1CCCN[C@@H]1CC(=O)CN2C=NC3=C(C=CC=C3)C2=O

InChI

InChIKey=RDUHYEILHQUTIR-AMTWEWDESA-N
InChI=1S/C16H19N3O3.2ClH/c20-11(8-14-15(21)6-3-7-17-14)9-19-10-18-13-5-2-1-4-12(13)16(19)22;;/h1-2,4-5,10,14-15,17,21H,3,6-9H2;2*1H/t14-,15+;;/m1../s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C16H19N3O3
Molecular Weight 301.3404
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including: Weici Tang, Gerhard Eisenbrand (2013) "Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin", p.455-457 Retrieved from https://books.google.ru/books?id=xmHwCAAAQBAJ

The alkaloids febrifugine was originally isolated from the roots of the Chinese shrub Dichroa febrifuga. Febrifugine showed an antimalarial activity 50-100 times higher than that of quinine. Febrifugine acts by causing an increase in NO production during the immunological response - increased production of NO by febrifugine plays an important role in host defense against malaria infection in mice. Also, febrifugine are known to inhibit prolyl-tRNA synthetase of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of some 4-quinazolinone derivatives based on febrifugine.
2010-10
Synthesis and evaluation of 4-quinazolinone compounds as potential antimalarial agents.
2010-09
Dihydroxylation of vinyl sulfones: stereoselective synthesis of (+)- and (-)-febrifugine and halofuginone.
2010-01-15
A new reaction motif: "homo-S(N)2'-like" direct nucleophilic addition to neutral eta(3)-allylmolybdenum complexes. total synthesis of the antimalarial (+)-isofebrifugine.
2009-09-09
Effects of limonoids from Cipadessa fruticosa on fall armyworm.
2009-08-15
Complementary chemoenzymatic routes to both enantiomers of febrifugine.
2009-07-21
Synthesis and biological evaluation of febrifugine analogues as potential antimalarial agents.
2009-07-01
Synthesis and comparison of antimalarial activity of febrifugine derivatives including halofuginone.
2009-05
Halofuginone prevents extracellular matrix deposition in diabetic nephropathy.
2009-02-06
Possible involvement of IFN-gamma in early mortality of Plasmodium berghei NK65-infected BALB/c mice after febrifugine treatment.
2008-11
Asymmetric synthesis of (+)-isofebrifugine and (-)-sedacryptine from a common chiral nonracemic building block.
2008-09-04
Differentiation of the diastereomeric synthetic precursors of isofebrifugine and febrifugine by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
2008-07
Recent advances in antimalarial compounds and their patents.
2007
Febrifugine derivative antimalarial activity: quantum mechanical predictors.
2006-11-16
Exploration of a new type of antimalarial compounds based on febrifugine.
2006-07-27
Synthesis and evaluation of febrifugine analogues as potential antimalarial agents.
2006-04-01
Antimalarials: shortages and searches.
2005-10
Concise synthesis of dl-febrifugine.
2005-07
Cytokine and antibody production during the course of resolution in Plasmodium yoelii 17XL-infected BALB/c mice treated with febrifugine and isofebrifugine mixture from leaves of Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa.
2004-10
Combination effects of chloroquine with the febrifugine and isofebrifugine mixture against a blood-induced infection with chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium berghei NK65 in ICR mice.
2003-12
Metabolites of febrifugine and its synthetic analogue by mouse liver S9 and their antimalarial activity against Plasmodium malaria parasite.
2003-09-25
Different responses of three rodent Plasmodia species, Plasmodium yoelii 17XL, P. berghei NK65 and P. chabaudi AS on treatment with febrifugine and isofebrifugine mixture from Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa leaf in ICR mice.
2003-06
Comparison of antimalarial activity of the alkaloidal fraction of Hydrangea macrophylla var. Otaksa leaves with the hot-water extract in ICR mice infected with Plasmodium yoelii 17 XL.
2003-06
Re-revision of the stereo structure of piperidine lactone, an intermediate in the synthesis of febrifugine.
2002-07
Potent antimalarial febrifugine analogues against the plasmodium malaria parasite.
2002-06-06
Lewis acid-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of semicyclic N,O-acetals possessing an exocyclic nitrogen atom: mechanistic aspect and application to piperidine alkaloid synthesis.
2001-12-19
Synthesis and antimalarial activity of febrifugine derivatives.
2001-06
A concise enantioselective synthesis of antimalarial febrifugine alkaloids.
2001-03-22
Efficient synthesis of piperidine derivatives. Development of metal triflate-catalyzed diastereoselective nucleophilic substitution reactions of 2-methoxy- and 2-acyloxypiperidines.
2001-02-09
Patents

Sample Use Guides

dosage range - 50 ug/kg/day - 5.00 mg/kg/day once daily
Route of Administration: Oral
Febrifugine exhibits extreme potency against P. falciparum. Its activity is approximately 10-fold that of the effective antimalarial artemisinin, and 25-fold that of the well-known drug (EC50=0.7 nM). chloroquine.
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Name Type Language
FEBRIFUGINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE
MI  
Common Name English
(+)-FEBRIFUGINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE
Preferred Name English
FEBRIFUGINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE [MI]
Common Name English
4(3H)-QUINAZOLINONE, 3-(3-((2R,3S)-3-HYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINYL)-2-OXOPROPYL)-, HYDROCHLORIDE (1:2)
Systematic Name English
PROPYLDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
3-(3-((2R,3S)-3-HYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINYL)-2-OXOPROPYL)-4(3H)-QUINAZOLINONE DIHYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
2-PROPANOL, 1-((6-HYDRAZINYL-3-PYRIDAZINYL)METHYLAMINO)-, HYDROCHLORIDE (1:2)
Systematic Name English
FEBRIFUGINE, DIHYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
1-((6-HYDRAZINYL-3-PYRIDAZINYL)METHYLAMINO)-2-PROPANOL
Systematic Name English
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FDA UNII
K922TFG9SM
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MERCK INDEX
m8805
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PUBCHEM
25112190
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m5252
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CAS
32434-42-7
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