Chemistry:Visnadine

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Short description: Chemical compound
Visnadine
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FormulaC21H24O7
Molar mass388.416 g·mol−1
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Visnadine (or visnadin) is a natural vasodilator.[1] It was first isolated from bishop's weed (Ammi visnaga), a plant indigenous to the Mediterranean region which has been used for centuries in Egypt as a spasmolytic.[2]

References

  1. "Effects of visnadine on rat isolated vascular smooth muscles". Planta Medica (Thieme Medical Publishers) 63 (3): 233–6. June 1997. doi:10.1055/s-2006-957660. PMID 9225605. 
  2. "Constitution of Samidin, Dihydrosamidin and Visnadin". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 79 (13): 3534–3540. 1957. doi:10.1021/ja01570a062.