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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C37H41N2O6
Molecular Weight 609.7312
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 1

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TUBOCURARINE

SMILES

COC1=CC2=C3C=C1OC4=CC(C[C@@H]5C6=C(OC7=CC=C(C[C@@H]3N(C)CC2)C=C7)C(O)=C(OC)C=C6CC[N+]5(C)C)=CC=C4O

InChI

InChIKey=JFJZZMVDLULRGK-URLMMPGGSA-O
InChI=1S/C37H40N2O6/c1-38-14-12-24-19-32(42-4)33-21-27(24)28(38)16-22-6-9-26(10-7-22)44-37-35-25(20-34(43-5)36(37)41)13-15-39(2,3)29(35)17-23-8-11-30(40)31(18-23)45-33/h6-11,18-21,28-29H,12-17H2,1-5H3,(H-,40,41)/p+1/t28-,29+/m0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C37H40N2O6
Molecular Weight 608.7233
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry EPIMERIC
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Tubocurarine, a naturally occurring alkaloid, is used to treat smoking withdrawl syndrom. Tubocurarine, the chief alkaloid in tobacco products, binds stereo-selectively to nicotinic-cholinergic receptors at the autonomic ganglia, in the adrenal medulla, at neuromuscular junctions, and in the brain. Two types of central nervous system effects are believed to be the basis of Tubocurarine's positively reinforcing properties. A stimulating effect is exerted mainly in the cortex via the locus ceruleus and a reward effect is exerted in the limbic system. At low doses the stimulant effects predominate while at high doses the reward effects predominate. Intermittent intravenous administration of Tubocurarine activates neurohormonal pathways, releasing acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, vasopressin, beta-endorphin, growth hormone, and ACTH. Tubocurarine competes with acetylcholine for post-synaptic nicotinic NM receptors and blocks them.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: Tubocurarine does not penetrate the normal intact blood-brain barrier.

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Diagnostic
TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE

Approved Use

Tubocurarine is indicated as a diagnostic aid for myasthenia gravis when the results of tests with neostigmine or edrophonium are inconclusive

Launch Date

1945
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.173 μg/mL
16 μg/kg/min other, intravenous
dose: 16 μg/kg/min
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: OTHER
co-administered:
TUBOCURARINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
117 μg × min/mL
16 μg/kg/min other, intravenous
dose: 16 μg/kg/min
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: OTHER
co-administered:
TUBOCURARINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
89 min
16 μg/kg/min other, intravenous
dose: 16 μg/kg/min
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: OTHER
co-administered:
TUBOCURARINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Overview

Overview

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
likely [IC50 >100 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
no [IC50 >10 uM]
yes [IC50 133 uM]
yes [IC50 133 uM]
yes [IC50 133 uM]
yes [IC50 55.5 uM]
yes [IC50 62.4 uM]
yes [IC50 9.4 uM]
yes [IC50 9.6 uM]
yes [Inhibition 10 uM]
yes [Inhibition 10 uM]
Drug as victimTox targets
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Influence of tetrahydro-aminacrine on muscle pains after suxamethonium.
1975 Jan 18
Ketamine-pancuronium-narcotic technic for cardiovascular surgery in infants--a comparative study.
1975 Nov-Dec
The influence of peripheral site ligands on the reaction of symmetric and chiral organophosphates with wildtype and mutant acetylcholinesterases.
1999 May 14
The pharmacology of hSK1 Ca2+-activated K+ channels expressed in mammalian cell lines.
2000 Feb
Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockers inhibit the serotonin-type 3A receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
2000 Feb
Pharmacological characterization of small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels stably expressed in HEK 293 cells.
2000 Mar
Effect of cholinergic agonists on resting membrane potential of earthworm body wall muscle cells.
2001 Apr
Pharmacological comparison of human homomeric 5-HT3A receptors versus heteromeric 5-HT3A/3B receptors.
2001 Aug
Involvement of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in suppression of antimicrobial activity and cytokine responses of alveolar macrophages to Legionella pneumophila infection by nicotine.
2001 Dec 1
Complex intracellular messenger pathways regulate one type of neuronal alpha-bungarotoxin-resistant nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in insect neurosecretory cells (dorsal unpaired median neurons).
2001 Jul
Modulation by nitric oxide (NO) of the intensity of non-quantum mediator secretion in neuromuscular junctions in rats.
2001 Jul-Aug
Nicotinic regulation of c-fos and osteopontin expression in human-derived osteoblast-like cells and human trabecular bone organ culture.
2001 Jun
The initial mode of action of copper on the cardiac physiology of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis.
2001 Mar
[Extrarenal effects of furosemide on normal and ischemic cerebral tissue in the rat].
2001 Mar 1-15
Pharmacological characterisation of the human small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel hSK3 reveals sensitivity to tricyclic antidepressants and antipsychotic phenothiazines.
2001 May
Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with deposits of anti-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antibody in a patient with myasthenia gravis.
2001 Sep
Electrophysiological analysis of synaptic transmission in central neurons of Drosophila larvae.
2002 Aug
Characterization of the interactions between volatile anesthetics and neuromuscular blockers at the muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
2002 Aug
Mapping the agonist binding site of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by cysteine scanning mutagenesis: antagonist footprint and secondary structure prediction.
2002 Feb
[3H]Epibatidine binding to bovine adrenal medulla: evidence for alpha3beta4* nicotinic receptors.
2002 Jan 25
New evidence for a presynaptic action of prednisolone at neuromuscular junctions.
2002 Jul
Properties of nicotinic receptors underlying Renshaw cell excitation by alpha-motor neurons in neonatal rat spinal cord.
2002 Jun
Nicotine increases hepatic oxygen uptake in the isolated perfused rat liver by inhibiting glycolysis.
2002 Jun
The potency of new muscle relaxants on recombinant muscle-type acetylcholine receptors.
2002 Mar
Fm1-43 reveals membrane recycling in adult inner hair cells of the mammalian cochlea.
2002 May 15
Effect of glycine on synaptic transmission at the third order giant synapse of the squids Alloteuthis subulata and Loligo vulgaris.
2002 May 31
Neuromuscular action of Bothrops lanceolatus (Fer de lance) venom and a caseinolytic fraction.
2002 Sep
Nicotinic alpha 7 receptor clusters on hippocampal GABAergic neurons: regulation by synaptic activity and neurotrophins.
2002 Sep 15
Comparative fading responses induced by mivacurium, cisatracurium, and d-tubocurarine in the evoked muscular compound action potentials of the cat.
2003
Characterization of an apamin-sensitive potassium current in suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons.
2003
Blockade of neuronal facilitatory nicotinic receptors containing alpha 3 beta 2 subunits contribute to tetanic fade in the rat isolated diaphragm.
2003 Aug
Curariform antagonists bind in different orientations to the nicotinic receptor ligand binding domain.
2003 Aug 22
A comparison of tubocurarine, rocuronium, and cisatracurium in the prevention and reduction of succinylcholine-induced muscle fasciculations.
2003 Feb
Nicotinic activation of reticulospinal cells involved in the control of swimming in lampreys.
2003 Jan
4-Aminopyridine inhibits the neuromuscular effects of nitric oxide and 8-Br-cGMP.
2003 Jul
Neuromuscular effects of candoxin, a novel toxin from the venom of the Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus).
2003 Jun
Dopaminergic excitation of the goat carotid body is mediated by the serotonin type 3 receptor subtype.
2003 Jun 12
Pharmacological characterization of recombinant bovine alpha3beta4 neuronal nicotinic receptors stably expressed in HEK 293 cells.
2003 Jun 12
Curariform antagonists bind in different orientations to acetylcholine-binding protein.
2003 Jun 20
Screening procedure for eight quaternary nitrogen muscle relaxants in blood by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
2003 Jun 5
Task-dependent presynaptic inhibition.
2003 Mar 1
Nicotine modulates the expression of a diverse set of genes in the neuronal SH-SY5Y cell line.
2003 May 2
Monitoring neuronal calcium signalling using a new method for ratiometric confocal calcium imaging.
2003 Sep
GABAergic systems modulate nicotinic receptor-mediated seizures in mice.
2003 Sep
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

Diagnostic aid (myasthenia gravis) Intravenous, 4 to 33 mcg (0.004 to 0.033 mg) per kg of body weight. Note: It is recommended that the test be terminated within two to three minutes by intravenous injection of 1.5 mg of neostigmine, since the marked exaggeration of myasthenia gravis symptoms may result in prolonged respiratory paralysis.
Route of Administration: Intravenous
D-tubocurarine (30 uM), but not alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BTX, 0.1 uM), attenuated the nicotine (NIC) (100 uM)-evoked release of 3H-NA.
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
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Name Type Language
TUBOCURARINE
HSDB   VANDF   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
13H-4,6:21,24-DIETHENO-8,12-METHENO-1H-PYRIDO(3',2':14,15)(1,11)DIOXACYCLOEICOSINO(2,3,4-IJ)ISOQUINOLINIUM, 2,3,13A,14,15,16,25,25A-OCTAHYDRO-9,19-DIHYDROXY-18,29-DIMETHOXY-1,14,14-TRIMETHYL-, (13AR,25AS)-
Common Name English
Tubocurarine [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
TUBOCURARINE [HSDB]
Common Name English
TUBOCURARINE ION
Common Name English
D-TUBOCURARINE
Common Name English
(+)-TUBOCURARINE
Common Name English
TUBOCURARINE CATION
Common Name English
TUBOCURARANIUM, 7',12'-DIHYDROXY-6,6'-DIMETHOXY-2,2',2'-TRIMETHYL-
Common Name English
TUBOCURARINE [VANDF]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WHO-ATC M03AA02
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WHO-VATC QM03AA02
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Code System Code Type Description
DAILYMED
W9YXS298BM
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EVMPD
SUB15635MIG
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PUBCHEM
6000
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DRUG BANK
DB01199
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HSDB
2152
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RXCUI
10917
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CAS
57-95-4
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MESH
D014403
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DRUG CENTRAL
2781
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SMS_ID
100000077304
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CHEBI
9774
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IUPHAR
2294
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FDA UNII
W9YXS298BM
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WIKIPEDIA
Tubocurarine
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID0048393
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