Tryptoline
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IUPAC name
1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole
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Other names
Noreleagnine
Tetrahydronorharman 2,3,4,9-Tetrahydro-1H-β-carboline |
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16502-01-5 | |
ChEMBL | ChEMBL269236 |
ChemSpider | 96979 |
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PubChem | 107838 |
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C11H12N2 | |
Molar mass | 172.226 g/mol |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tryptoline, also known as tetrahydro-β-carboline and tetrahydronorharmane, is a natural organic derivative of beta-carboline. It is an alkaloid chemically related to tryptamines. Derivatives of tryptoline have a variety of pharmacological properties and are known collectively as tryptolines.
Pharmacology
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Many tryptolines are competitive selective inhibitors of the enzyme monoamine oxidase type A (MAO-A). 5-Hydroxytryptoline and 5-methoxytryptoline (pinoline) are the most active monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) with IC50s of 0.5 μM and 1.5 μM respectively, using 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) as substrate.
Tryptolines are also potent reuptake inhibitors of serotonin and epinephrine, with a significantly greater selectivity for serotonin. Comparison of the inhibition kinetics of tetrahydro-β-carbolines for serotonin and epinephrine reuptake to that of the platelet aggregation response to these amines has shown that 5-hydroxymethtryptoline, methtryptoline, and tryptoline are poor inhibitors of reuptake. In all respects 5-hydroxytryptoline and 5-methoxytryptoline showed greater pharmacological activity than the tryptoline and methtryptoline.
Although the in vivo formation of tryptolines has been a matter of controversy, they have profound pharmacological activity.
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- Alkaloids
- Beta-Carbolines
- Tryptamines
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors