(-)-Cytisine
Chemical Name: (1R,5S)-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-methano-8H-pyrido[1,2-a][1,5]diazocin-8-one
Purity: ≥99%
Biological Activity
(-)-Cytisine is a potent, selective agonist at neuronal nicotinic receptors. Acts as a partial agonist at β2-containing nicotinic receptors.Technical Data
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Background References
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High-throughput genotoxicity assay identifies antioxidants as inducers of DNA damage response and cell death.
Fox JT, Sakamuru S, Huang R
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2012;109(14):5423-8. -
High Throughput Random Mutagenesis and Single Molecule Real Time Sequencing of the Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
PLoS ONE, 2016;11(9):e0163129. -
Localization of nicotinic cholinergic receptors in rat brain: autoradiographic studies with [3H]cytisine.
Happe et al.
Neuroscience, 1994;62:929 -
Partial agonist properties of cytisine on neuronal nicotinic receptors containing the β2 subunit.
Papke et al.
Mol.Pharmacol., 1994;45:142 -
Behavioural and pharmacokinetic studies on nicotine, cytisine and lobeline.
Reavill et al.
Neuropharmacology, 1990;29:619
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Citations for (-)-Cytisine
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Biochemical and functional properties of distinct nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the superior cervical ganglion of mice with targeted deletions of nAChR subunit genes.
Authors: David Et al.
Eur J Neurosci 2010;31:978
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Cytisine induces autonomic cardiovascular responses via activations of different nicotinic receptors.
Authors: Li Et al.
Auton Neurosci 2010;154:14
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