Showing chemical card for (S)-scoulerine (CFc000283517)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Creation Date
2022-08-28 10:25:12 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-14 03:36:51 UTC
Chemfont ID
CFc000283517
Molecule Identification
Common Name
(S)-scoulerine
Definition
(s)-scoulerine, also known as discretamine or aequaline, belongs to protoberberine alkaloids and derivatives class of compounds. Those are alkaloids with a structure based on a protoberberine moiety, which consists of a 5,6-dihydrodibenzene moiety fused to a quinolizinium and forming 5,6-Dihydrodibenzo(a,g)quinolizinium skeleton (s)-scoulerine is practically insoluble (in water) and a very weakly acidic compound (based on its pKa). (s)-scoulerine can be found in a number of food items such as rice, lemon grass, chinese bayberry, and sea-buckthornberry, which makes (s)-scoulerine a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products.
Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as protoberberine alkaloids and derivatives. These are alkaloids with a structure based on a protoberberine moiety, which consists of a 5,6-dihydrodibenzene moiety fused to a quinolizinium and forming 5,6-Dihydrodibenzo(a,g)quinolizinium skeleton.
