Pseudotropine (3β-tropanol, ψ-tropine, 3-pseudotropanol, or PTO) is a derivative of
tropane
Tropane is a nitrogenous Bicyclic molecule, bicyclic organic compound. It is mainly known for the other alkaloids derived from it, which include atropine and cocaine, among others. Tropane alkaloids occur in plants of the families Erythroxylaceae ...
and an isomer of
tropine
Tropine is a derivative of tropane containing a hydroxyl group at the third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol.
Tropine is a central building block of many chemicals active in the nervous system, including tropane alkaloids. Some of these comp ...
. Pseudotropine can be found in the ''
Coca
Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. Coca is known worldwide for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine.
The plant is grown as a cash crop in the Argentine Northwest, Bolivia, Al ...
'' plant along with several other alkaloids
See also
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Pseudotropine acyltransferase
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Pseudotropine benzoate (tropacocaine)
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Atropine
Atropine is a tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic medication used to treat certain types of nerve agent and pesticide poisonings as well as some types of slow heart rate, and to decrease saliva production during surgery. It is typically given i ...
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Tropine
Tropine is a derivative of tropane containing a hydroxyl group at the third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol.
Tropine is a central building block of many chemicals active in the nervous system, including tropane alkaloids. Some of these comp ...
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Tropinone
Tropinone is an alkaloid, famously synthesised in 1917 by Robert Robinson as a synthetic precursor to atropine, a scarce commodity during World War I. Tropinone and the alkaloids cocaine and atropine all share the same tropane core structure. It ...
References
Tropanes
Secondary alcohols
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