Worenine Chemical Properties

solubility 

Soluble in Chloroform,Dichloromethane,Ethyl Acetate,DMSO,Acetone,etc.

form 

Cryst.

Worenine Usage And Synthesis

Description

This quaternary alkaloid is present in Cop tis japonica and has been isolated as the tetrahydro base, colourless prisms from EtOH with m.p. 2l2-3°C, oxidized by iodine in EtOH to worenine iodide. The latter forms yellow crystals from which the corresponding chloride may be obtained in the form of orange-yellow prisms, m.p. 295°C (dec.).

Uses

Worenine is used in the a flurophore switched probe which aids in correction of an abasic site (AP site) caused by the removal of a damaged base in DNA

Definition

ChEBI: Worenine is an alkaloid.

References

Kitasato., J. Pharm. Soc., Japan, No. 542, 48 (1927) Kitasato., Acta Phytochimica, 3,210 (1927)

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