STRYCHNINE NITRATE

US Previously Marketed

First marketed in 1921

Details

Stereochemistry	ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula	C21H22N2O2.HNO3
Molecular Weight	397.4244
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters	6 / 6
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

SHOW SMILES / InChI

Structure Search

SMILES

O[N+]([O-])=O.[H][C@]12C[C@@]3([H])C4=CCO[C@@]5([H])CC(=O)N6C7=C(C=CC=C7)[C@@]1(CCN2C4)[C@]6([H])[C@@]35[H]

InChI

InChIKey=PCGVPMHGSJFFTI-ZEYGOCRCSA-N

InChI=1S/C21H22N2O2.HNO3/c24-18-10-16-19-13-9-17-21(6-7-22(17)11-12(13)5-8-25-16)14-3-1-2-4-15(14)23(18)20(19)21;2-1(3)4/h1-5,13,16-17,19-20H,6-11H2;(H,2,3,4)/t13-,16-,17-,19-,20-,21+;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula	C21H22N2O2
Molecular Weight	334.4116
Charge	0
Count

Stereochemistry	ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	5 / 6
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula	HNO3
Molecular Weight	63.0128
Charge	0
Count

Stereochemistry	ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry	No
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 0
E/Z Centers	0
Optical Activity	NONE

Description
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68013331
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/toxicology/strychnine_poisoning/overview_of_strychnine_poisoning.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/440838

Strychnine is an indole alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the Indian tree Strychnos nux-vomica. It gets its scientific name “strychnos” from Carl Linnaeus, who classified it back in 1753, but it was known to the population of India way before then. Nux vomica originates in India. Strychnine-containing baits are currently labelled for below-ground use and are intended for the control of pocket gophers. Their use as indoor pesticides has been eliminated since 1989. In the past, strychnine has been used as a pesticide to control rats, moles, gophers, and coyotes. Strychnine is highly toxic to most domestic animals. Strychnine is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea.

CNS Activity

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary Target	Pharmacology	Condition	Potency
Glycine receptor (alpha-1/beta) 15 Target ID: CHEMBL2363052 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25146769	Antagonist 2778		0.62 µM [EC50]
Glycine receptor subunit alpha-1 24 Target ID: CHEMBL5845 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25146769	Antagonist 2778		0.16 µM [EC50]

Conditions

Condition	Modality	Targets	Highest Phase	Product
Nonketotic hyperglycinemia 11 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/440838 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/344282 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/541222	Primary		Preclinical	Unknown Approved Use Unknown
Sleep apnea 11 Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7221350	Primary		Basic research	Unknown Approved Use Unknown

Doses

Dose	Population	Adverse events
250 mg single, oral Dose: 250 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 250 mg Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758	unknown, 46 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 46 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758	Other AEs: Violent, Convulsions generalized... Other AEs: Violent (severe) Convulsions generalized (severe) Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758
15 g single, oral Dose: 15 g Route: oral Route: single Dose: 15 g Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892	unknown, 60 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 60 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892	Other AEs: Nausea, Vomiting... Other AEs: Nausea (severe) Vomiting (severe) Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892

AEs

AE	Significance	Dose	Population
Convulsions generalized	severe	250 mg single, oral Dose: 250 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 250 mg Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758	unknown, 46 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 46 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758
Violent	severe	250 mg single, oral Dose: 250 mg Route: oral Route: single Dose: 250 mg Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758	unknown, 46 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 46 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15483758
Nausea	severe	15 g single, oral Dose: 15 g Route: oral Route: single Dose: 15 g Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892	unknown, 60 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 60 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892
Vomiting	severe	15 g single, oral Dose: 15 g Route: oral Route: single Dose: 15 g Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892	unknown, 60 years n = 1 Health Status: unknown Age Group: 60 years Sex: M Population Size: 1 Sources: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/280892

Overview

CYP3A4	CYP2C9	CYP2D6	hERG
inhibitor 1587 substrate 1737			inhibitor 1612

OverviewOther

Other Inhibitor	Other Substrate	Other Inducer
P-gp 1461	UGT1A4 347 UGT2B10 127 P-gp 1537

Drug as perpetrator

Target	Modality	Activity	Metabolite	Clinical evidence
CYP3A4 1925	inhibitor 3277 Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1674638412600057	yes [IC50 5.9 uM]
P-gp 1650	inhibitor 3277 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29883892/	yes

Drug as victim

Target	Modality	Activity
CYP3A4 1737	substrate 3367 Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1674638412600057	yes
P-gp 1537	substrate 3367 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29234368/ \| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21351573/	yes
UGT1A4 347	substrate 3367 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28803208/ \| https://issx.confex.com/issx/ap11/webprogram/Paper23904.html	yes
UGT2B10 127	substrate 3367 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28803208/	yes

Tox targets

Target	Modality	Activity	Metabolite	Clinical evidence
hERG 1647	inhibitor 1626 Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30545237/ \| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30282042/

Sourcing

Vendor/Aggregator	ID	URL
ChEBI	CHEBI:28973	https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:28973
MolPort	MolPort-001-742-519	https://www.molport.com/shop/molecule-link/MolPort-001-742-519
ZINC	ZINC000000119434	http://zinc15.docking.org/substances/ZINC000000119434
eMolecules	29541143	https://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/more?vid=29541143
eMolecules	29909187	https://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/more?vid=29909187
eMolecules	510211	https://www.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/more?vid=510211

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
Early expression of glycine and GABA(A) receptors in developing spinal cord neurons. Effects on neurite outgrowth.	2001	11738262
Is the vertebrate respiratory central pattern generator conserved? Insights from in-vitro and in-vivo amphibian models.	2001	11729866
The neuropharmacology of upper airway motor control in the awake and asleep states: implications for obstructive sleep apnoea.	2001	11686898
AMPA-evoked acetylcholine release from cultured spinal cord motoneurons and its inhibition by GABA and glycine.	2001	11564428
Expression and function of glycine receptors in striatal cholinergic interneurons from rat and mouse.	2001	11457589
Interactions between allosteric modulators and 4-DAMP and other antagonists at muscarinic receptors: potential significance of the distance between the N and carboxyl C atoms in the molecules of antagonists.	2001 Apr	11495349
Determination of berberine and strychnine in medicinal plants and herbal preparations by pressurized liquid extraction with capillary zone electrophoresis.	2001 Aug	11545398
Reversal of chloroquine and mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum by the two monoindole alkaloids, icajine and isoretuline.	2001 Aug	11509972
Anticonvulsant activities of the FS-1 subfraction isolated from roots of Delphinium denudatum.	2001 Aug	11507736
IPSC kinetics at identified GABAergic and mixed GABAergic and glycinergic synapses onto cerebellar Golgi cells.	2001 Aug 15	11487628
Biogenetically inspired approach to the Strychnos alkaloids. Concise syntheses of (+/-)-akuammicine and (+/-)-strychnine.	2001 Aug 22	11506556
Centrally administered corticotropin-releasing hormone and peripheral injections of strychnine hydrochloride potentiate the acoustic startle response in preweanling rats.	2001 Dec	11770058
IgG isolated from LP-BM5 infected mouse brain activates ionotropic glutamate receptors.	2001 Dec	11741402
Strychnine alters response properties of trigeminal nociceptive neurons in the rat.	2001 Dec	11731563
NMDA receptor-dependent periodic oscillations in cultured spinal cord networks.	2001 Dec	11731558
GABAergic and glycinergic neural inhibition in excitatory frequency tuning of bat inferior collicular neurons.	2001 Dec	11715077
The generation of rhythmic activity in dissociated cultures of rat spinal cord.	2001 Jul	11553272
Spatiotemporal characterization of rhythmic activity in rat spinal cord slice cultures.	2001 Jul	11553271
Enflurane actions on spinal cords from mice that lack the beta3 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor.	2001 Jul	11465553
Developmental changes in 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced rhythmic activity in the spinal cord of rat fetuses in vitro.	2001 Jul 6	11516560
Dermal exposure to strychnine.	2001 Jul-Aug	11499889
Modification of the pacemaker activity of vestibular neurons in brainstem slices during vestibular compensation in the guinea pig.	2001 Jun	11454026
Intraspinal amino acid neurotransmitter activities are involved in the generation of rhythmic sympathetic nerve discharge in newborn rat spinal cord.	2001 Jun 15	11516417
Fluorescent labeling of drugs and simple organic compounds containing amine functional groups, utilizing dansyl chloride in Na(2)CO(3) buffer.	2001 May-Jun	11755390
Enzymatic and non-enzymatic reduction of brucine N-oxide by aldehyde oxidase and catalase.	2001 Nov	11765140
Properties and interconnections of trigeminal interneurons of the lateral pontine reticular formation in the rat.	2001 Nov	11698544
Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by GABA(C) receptor-mediated feedback in the mouse inner retina.	2001 Nov	11698519
Anticonvulsant activities of ethanolic extract and aqueous fraction isolated from Delphinium denudatum.	2001 Nov	11585691
Glycine activates myenteric neurones in adult guinea-pigs.	2001 Nov 1	11691868
Role of protein kinase C in opioid modulation of glycine-gated Cl(-) current in rat periaqueductal gray neuron.	2001 Nov 16	11728420
Glycine receptor-mediated inhibition of dopamine and non-dopamine neurons of the rat ventral tegmental area in vitro.	2001 Nov 23	11701143
Are homeopathic studies better-fated in India?	2001 Oct	11760717
Subunit composition of strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors expressed by adult rat basolateral amygdala neurons.	2001 Oct	11683900
Characterization of the spontaneous synaptic activity of amacrine cells in the mouse retina.	2001 Oct	11600626
Excitatory synaptic currents in lumbosacral parasympathetic preganglionic neurons elicited from the lateral funiculus.	2001 Oct	11600622
The central nervous effects of Mitragyna africanus (Willd) stembark extract in rats.	2001 Oct	11535357
[Arsenic and strychnine against tired eyes].	2001 Oct 10	11699263
Homeostatic plasticity induced by chronic block of AMPA/kainate receptors modulates the generation of rhythmic bursting in rat spinal cord organotypic cultures.	2001 Sep	11595029
[Effects of enflurane on respiratory neurons of the pre-Bötzinger complex in medullary slices of neonatal rats].	2001 Sep	11593718
Mechanisms that initiate spontaneous network activity in the developing chick spinal cord.	2001 Sep	11535692
The release of spinal prostaglandin E2 and the effect of nitric oxide synthetase inhibition during strychnine-induced allodynia.	2001 Sep	11524348
Iontophoresis in vivo demonstrates a key role for GABA(A) and glycinergic inhibition in shaping frequency response areas in the inferior colliculus of guinea pig.	2001 Sep 15	11549740
Osmoregulation of vasopressin secretion via activation of neurohypophysial nerve terminals glycine receptors by glial taurine.	2001 Sep 15	11549721
Sensitive and specific multiresidue methods for the determination of pesticides of various classes in clinical and forensic toxicology.	2001 Sep 15	11516896
A novel generation of coupling reagents. Enantiodifferentiating coupling reagents prepared in situ from 2-chloro-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine (CDMT) and chiral tertiary amines.	2001 Sep 21	11559174
Approaches to the synthesis of (+/-)-strychnine via the cobalt-mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition: rapid assembly of a classic framework.	2001 Sep 26	11562215
Synchronization of an embryonic network of identified spinal interneurons solely by electrical coupling.	2001 Sep 27	11580902
Glycine receptors involved in synaptic transmission are selectively regulated by the cytoskeleton in mouse spinal neurons.	2002 Jan	11784780
Synaptically evoked membrane potential oscillations induced by substance P in lamprey motor neurons.	2002 Jan	11784734
Identification of two novel Drosophila melanogaster histamine-gated chloride channel subunits expressed in the eye.	2002 Jan 18	11714703

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Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide

daily dosage of 0.2 to 0.9 mg/kg, given orally in four doses

Route of Administration: Oral

In Vitro Use Guide

Glycine-evoked (500 um) currents were blocked by strychnine (IC50 = 630 nm) in human pluripotent stem cell-derived excitatory cortical neurones.

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STRYCHNINE NITRATE

Common Name

English

STRYCHNINE NITRATE [MART.]

Common Name

English

STRYCHNINUM NITRICUM [HPUS]

Common Name

English

STRYCHNIDIN-10-ONE, NITRATE (1:1)

Common Name

English

STRYCHNINE NITRATE [MI]

Common Name

English

STRYCHNINUM NITRICUM

Common Name

English

Strychnine nitrate [WHO-DD]

Common Name

English

STRYCHNINE, MONONITRATE

Common Name

English

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O642E96711