Corynanthine

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Corynanthine
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Systematic (IUPAC) name
(16β,17α)-17-hydroxy-yohimban-16-carboxylic acid methyl ester
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Oral
Legal status
Legal status
  • Uncontrolled
Identifiers
CAS Number 483-10-3
ATC code none
PubChem CID 92766
ChemSpider 83744
Chemical data
Formula C21H26N2O3
Molar mass 354.44 g/mol[[Script error: No such module "String".]]
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Corynanthine, also known as rauhimbine, is an alkaloid found in the Rauwolfia and Pausinystalia (formerly known as Corynanthe) genuses of plants.[1][2] It is one of the two diastereoisomers of yohimbine, the other being rauwolscine.[3][4] It is also related to ajmalicine.

Corynanthine acts as an α1-adrenergic and α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist with approximately 10-fold selectivity for the former site over the latter.[3][4] This is in contrast to yohimbine and rauwolscine which have around 30-fold higher affinity for α2-adrenergic over α1-adrenergic.[3][4] As a result, corynanthine is not a stimulant (or an aphrodisiac for that matter), but a depressant, and likely plays a role in the antihypertensive properties of Rauwolfia extracts. Like yohimbine and rauwolscine, corynanthine has also been shown to possess some activity at serotonin receptors.[5]

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