Lupine alkaloids

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White lupine (Lupinus albus)
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Blue lupine (Lupinus angustifolius)

Lupine alkaloids are natural substances classified as quinolizidine alkaloids. They are named after their presence in lupins. [1]

Contents

Occurrence

Depending on the variety, lupins contain between 0.6% and 4.3% lupine alkaloids. [2]

Representatives

More than 170 lupine alkaloids have been identified. [1] The primary alkaloid is lupinin. Other notable compounds include lupanine, lupinine, lupanolin [2] and sparteine. [1] (-)-Lupanine is found in the white lupin, while (+)-lupanine is present in the blue lupin. [3] [4] [5] Both (+)-sparteine and (-)-sparteine occur naturally. [6] (-)-cytisine, the primary alkaloid of the laburnum, is also classified as a lupine alkaloid. [7]

Properties

Lupine alkaloids are considered toxic. Grazing animals should not ingest more than 60 g/kg. Symptoms of poisoning include liver and kidney degeneration, miscarriages, and congenital deformities. Sheep are particularly sensitive to these toxins. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rudolf Hänsel, Otto Sticher (2007), Pharmakognosie Phytopharmazie (8 ed.), Heidelberg: Springer Medizin Verlag, p. 1338, ISBN   978-3-540-26508-5
  2. 1 2 3 Entry on Lupinen-Alkaloide . at: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, retrieved {{{Datum}}}.
  3. ↑ Eberhard Breitmaier (1997), Alkaloide, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, pp. 45f., ISBN   3-519-03542-1
  4. ↑ K. Saito, S. Takamastsu, I. Murakoshi, S. Ohmiya, H. Otomasu (1989), "Isolation of a New Alkaloid (−)-O- Acetylbaptifoline and the Absolute Stereochemical Relationships of Lupine Alkaloids in Thermopsis chinensis", Journal of Natural Products, vol. 52, no. 5, p. 1032, doi:10.1021/np50065a019 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ K. Saito, S. Takamastsu, T. Sekine, F. Ikegami, H. Kubo, I. Murakoshi, S. Ohmiya, H. Otomasu (1989), "Absolute configuration of (+)-5,6-dehydrolupanine, a key intermediate in biosynthesis of lupin alkaloids", Phytochemistry, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 958–959, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(89)80158-X {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ James D. Firth, Steven J. Canipa, Leigh Ferris, Peter O’Brien (2017), "Gram-Scale Synthesis of the (−)-Sparteine Surrogate and (−)-Sparteine", Journal of the German Chemical Society, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 223–226, doi:10.1002/anie.201710261 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ T. Dingermann, K. Hiller, G. Schneider, I. Zündorf: Schneider Arzneidrogen. 5. Auflage. Elsevier 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1481-4, S. 339 f.
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