Chemistry:Cucurbitin
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| Preferred IUPAC name
(3R)-3-Aminopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid | |
| Other names
(+)-Cucurbitin; Cucurbitine
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| C5H10N2O2 | |
| Molar mass | 130.147 g·mol−1 |
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Cucurbitin is an amino acid and a carboxypyrrolidine that is found in Cucurbita seeds.[1][2] Cucurbitin causes degenerative changes in the reproductive organs of parasitic flatworms called flukes.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Pumpkin". Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/npp/pumpkin.html.
- ↑ Mihranian, Valentine H; Abou-Chaar, Charles I (1968). "Extraction, detection, and estimation of cucurbitin in Cucurbita seeds". Lloydia 31 (1): 23–29.
- ↑ Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, Cornelius Kennedy Cain, 1966, Academic Press, ISBN:0120405016
- ↑ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 411–412. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=7qgPCEiI4WMC&q=cucurbitin+worm+fluke&pg=PA411.
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