Ergocryptine

alpha-Ergocryptine
Identifiers
CAS Number 511-09-1 YesY
PubChem CID 134551
IUPHAR/BPS 271
ChemSpider 118591 N
ChEMBL CHEMBL1403281 N
Chemical data
Formula C32H41N5O5
Molar mass 575.698 g/mol
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Ergocryptine is an ergopeptine and one of the ergot alkaloids. It is isolated from ergot or fermentation broth and it serves as starting material for the production of bromocriptine.[1]

Chemistry

Ergocryptine is a mixture of two very similar compounds, alpha- and beta-ergocryptine.[2] The beta differs from the alpha form only in the position of a single methyl group, which is a consequence of the biosynthesis in which the proteinogenic amino acid leucine is replaced by isoleucine.

See also

References

  1. Kren V., Cvak L. "Ergot: the genus Claviceps". Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers; 1999. p. 399–401
  2. Yates, S. G.; Plattner, R. D.; Garner, G. B. (1985). "Detection of ergopeptine alkaloids in endophyte-infected, toxic Ky-31 tall fescue by mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry" (PDF). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 33 (4): 719. doi:10.1021/jf00064a038.


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