(-)-シチシン

解説C11H14N2O(190.25)．シチシンは，マメ科Laburnum anagyroidesなど広く同科の植物に分布するルピンアルカロイド．無色のプリズム晶．融点152～153 ℃．[α]D17"－120°．水，アセトン，メタノール，エタノールに可溶．[CAS 485-35-8]森北出版「化学辞典（第2版）

説明It is an alkaloid that occurs naturally in several plant genera, such as Laburnum and Cytisus of the family Fabaceae. Pi-Zhen-Ye-Huang-Hua (Thermopsis lanceolata R.Br) contains large amount of cytisine, and it is distributed in the northeast, north, and northwest of China. This herb has been traditionally used for treating cough in China and was recorded in “Yue-Wang-Yao-Zhen,”“Jing-ZhuBen-Cao,”“Zhong-Hua-Ben-Cao,” and “Ning-Xia-Zhong-Cao-Yao-Shou-Ce.”

来歴The largest amount of cytisine (about 1–5%) is also found in the seeds of common garden decorative plant Du-Dou (Laburnum anagyroides). In the early twentieth century, cytisine was identified as the toxic component of this plant. The extracts of Laburnum seeds or flowers have been used in traditional medicine for hundreds of years. In the Second World War, the leaves of Laburnum anagyroides were used as a tobacco substitute by soldiers. In 1960s, cytisine was firstly used as a smoking cessation aid in Bulgaria. The pharmacological and clinical studies of cytisine were also conducted in other Eastern European countries such as Poland and Russia. These results were promising. Stoyanov S. and Yanachkova M. studied 70 volunteers with a long experience in smoking. They found that 57% volunteers stopped smoking and 31.4% volunteers decreased cigarettes: reduction of the cigarettes smoked from 20–30 to 3–4 a day. Cytisine was developed and marked as Tabex (Sopharma, Bulgaria), which has been widely distributed in the Eastern Europe .

使用Cytisine occurs in the seeds of Cytisus labur num L. and other Leguminosae.

一般的な説明Cystine ((1R,5S)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido[1,2a][1,5]diazocin-8-one) displays classical antidepressant action in various animal models of antidepressant efficacy. Infrared and Raman spectral studies suggest that it has two stable conformers.

純化方法Crystallise cytisine from acetone and sublime it in a vacuum. Its solubilities are: 77% (H2O), 7.7% (Me2CO), 28.6% (EtOH), 3.3% (*C6H6), 50% (CHCl3) but it is insoluble in pet ether. The tartrate has m 206-207o [] D +45.9o, the N-tosylate has m 206-207o, and the N-acetate has m 208o. [Bohlmann et al. Angew Chem 67 708 1955, van Tamelen & Baran J Am Chem Soc 77 4944 1955, Isolation: Ing J Chem Soc 2200 1931, Govindachari et al. J Chem Soc 3839 1957, Abs config: Okuda et al. Chem Ind (London) 1751 1961, Beilstein 24 H 134, 24 I 244, 24 II 70, 24 III/IV 321.] TOXIC.