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Mimosine

Catalog No. DB01055 Name DrugBank
CAS Number 500-44-7 Website http://www.ualberta.ca/
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SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
(2S)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl)propanoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
mimosine
Synonyms
Leucaenol
L-Mimosine
Leucenol
Leucaenine
Leucenine
Mimosin

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 500-44-7
PubChem SID 46505895
PubChem CID 440473

PROPERTIES

Hydrophobicity(logP) -2.5

DETAILS

Description (English)
Item Information
Drug Groups approved
Description 3-Hydroxy-4-oxo-1(4H)-pyridinealanine. An antineoplastic alanine-substituted pyridine derivative isolated from Leucena glauca. [PubChem]
Pharmacology Mimosine inhibits DNA synthesis at the level of elongation of nascent chains by altering deoxyribonucleotide metabolism. It arrests the cell cycle in the late G(1) phase.
Affected Organisms
• Humans and other mammals
Protein Binding >99.5%
External Links
• Wikipedia

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