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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C12H17NO2
Molecular Weight 207.2689
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of SALSOLIDINE

SMILES

COC1=C(OC)C=C2[C@H](C)NCCC2=C1

InChI

InChIKey=HMYJLVDKPJHJCF-QMMMGPOBSA-N
InChI=1S/C12H17NO2/c1-8-10-7-12(15-3)11(14-2)6-9(10)4-5-13-8/h6-8,13H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t8-/m0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C12H17NO2
Molecular Weight 207.2689
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Salsolidine is a simple 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline isolated from many natural sources as the racemate and in its enantiomeric modifications. Stereoselective competitive inhibition of MAO A was found with the R enantiomer of salsolidine (Ki = 6 uM). Salsolidine also inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and buytlcholinesterase (BChE). Salsolidine may inhibit catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Derivatives of salsolidine are neurotoxic and cytotoxic. R enantiomer of salsolidine is more potent than the S form.

Originator

Curator's Comment: Salsolidine was first isolated by Proskurnina and Orekhov from Salsola richteri (Chenopodiaceae) as the levorotatory enantiomer (-)-1 [(S)-salsolidine]

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
6.0 µM [Ki]
0.19 mM [Ki]
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Structural, kinetic, and docking studies of artificial imine reductases based on biotin-streptavidin technology: an induced lock-and-key hypothesis.
2014-11-05
Synthesis of 1-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines by lithiation and electrophilic quenching guided by in situ IR and NMR spectroscopy and application to the synthesis of salsolidine, carnegine and laudanosine.
2013-06-10
A dual anchoring strategy for the localization and activation of artificial metalloenzymes based on the biotin-streptavidin technology.
2013-04-10
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Unknown
Route of Administration: Unknown
In Vitro Use Guide
Stereoselective competitive inhibition of MAO A was found with the R enantiomer of salsolidine (Ki = 6 uM).
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
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Name Type Language
(-)-SALSOLIDINE
Preferred Name English
SALSOLIDINE
Common Name English
(S)-(-)-SALSOLIDINE
Common Name English
(S)-6,7-DIMETHOXY-1-METHYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE
Systematic Name English
SALSOLIDIN
Common Name English
ISOQUINOLINE, 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6,7-DIMETHOXY-1-METHYL-, (S)-
Systematic Name English
SALSOLIDINE, (-)-
Common Name English
ISOQUINOLINE, 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6,7-DIMETHOXY-1-METHYL-, (1S)-
Systematic Name English
(S)-SALSOLIDINE
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
PUBCHEM
164752
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID601318133
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FDA UNII
QMS4D62O1I
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CAS
493-48-1
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