Hordenine
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| IUPAC name | 4-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)phenol |
| Other names | N,N-Dimethyltyramine Peyocactin |
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| CAS number | [3595-05-9] |
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| SMILES | CN(C)CCC1=CC=C(C=C1)O |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C10H15NO |
| Molar mass | 165.23 g mol-1 |
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Hordenine (N,N-dimethyltyramine) is a phenylethylamine alkaloid with antibacterial and antibiotic properties. It stimulates the release of norepinephrine in higher animals. It is produced in nature by several varieties of plants in the family Cactaceae and by some in Acacia.[1]
[edit] Occurrence in nature
Sprouting Hordeum vulgare (barley) seeds contain hordenine as the main alkaloid in their roots.[2]
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii), San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and Peruvian Torch cactus (Echinopsis peruviana) all produce high levels of this compound. These cacti also produce high levels of mescaline and other phenylethylamine compounds.
Cacti in the genus Ariocarpus, Opuntia, Pereskia, and Coryphantha also produce these alkaloids, though not in high concentrations.
Aztekium also contains it.
". . .it has been shown that hordenine, N, N-Dimethyl-hydroxyphenylethylamine, exhibits an inhibitory action against at least 18 strains of penicillin resistant Staphylococcus bacteria."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ www.csdl.tamu.edu
- ^ "THE DISTRIBUTION AND FORMATION OF TYRAMINE METHYLPHERASE DURING GERMINATION OF BARLEY" (February1963). THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL. CHEMISTRY.
- ^ www.phytomedical.com
