Rutaecarpine

• Catalog No.: Bio-0914
• CAS Number: 84-26-4
• M. F.: C18H13N3O
• M. W.: 287.31532

SYNONYMS

• IUPAC name: 3,13,21-triazapentacyclo[11.8.0.0^2,^1^0.0^4,^9.0^1^5,^2^0]henicosa-1(21),2(10),4,6,8,15,17,19-octaen-14-one
• IUPAC Traditional name: 3,13,21-triazapentacyclo[11.8.0.0^2,^1^0.0^4,^9.0^1^5,^2^0]henicosa-1(21),2(10),4,6,8,15,17,19-octaen-14-one
• Synonyms: Rhetine; Rutecarpine

DATABASE IDS

• CAS Number: 84-26-4

PROPERTIES

• Application(s): Antihypertensive agent.
• Application(s): Evodia rutaecarpa is used in Chinese medicine against headache, abdominal pain, dysentery and cholera.
• Biological Source: A major component of the Chinese drug Wou-chou-yu (the dried fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa). Also isol. from the bark of Hortia arborea and Hortia badinii, and from the root wood of Zanthoxylum integrifoliolum (Rutaceae)
• Mechanism of Action: Vasodilator

REFERENCES

• Yamazaki, M. et al., Tet. Lett., 1966, 3221; 1967, 3317
• Chiou, W.-F. et al., Eur. J. Pharmacol., 1994, 257, 59