VERATRIDINE

개요This steroidal alkaloid from Veratrum viride was given this name by Bosetti. It is almost certainly identical with the amorphous veratrine isolated by Schmidt and Koppen, Merck, and Wright and Luff. The base is a colourless, amorphous powder which melts over a wide range. It has [α]22D + 8.0° (EtOH) and yields a sulphate nonahydrate which forms colourless silky needles that resinify in air. The nitrate is only sparingly soluble in H2O. The solution of the alkaloid in H2SO4 becomes orange-red and eventually crimson with a blue fluorescence while that in HCI is colourless. Alkaline hydrolysis furnishes veratric acid and cevine.

용도Veratridine causes Na+ channels to stay open during a sustained membrane depolarization by abolishing inactivation.This, in turn, opens voltage-activated calcium channels, thus increasing intracellular calcium content and inducing neurotransmitter release. Alkaloid neurotoxin which depolarizes excitable tissue; used to increase membrane sodium permeability.

일반 설명Veratridine is one of several alkaloids isolated from the seeds of Schoenocaulon officinale and from the rhizome of Veratrum album. The crude extract is called veratrine or sabadilla and contains cevadine, veratridine, cevadilline, sabadine and cevine. It is a neurotoxin, which belongs to the family Liliaceae and genus, Schoenocaulon. Veratridine is soluble in lipid.