emetine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 11087

PDB Ligand
Comment: Emetine is a plant metabolite from ipecac root.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 7
Topological polar surface area 52.19
Molecular weight 480.3
XLogP 4.35
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC[C@H]1CN2CCc3c([C@@H]2C[C@@H]1C[C@H]1NCCc2c1cc(OC)c(c2)OC)cc(c(c3)OC)OC
Isomeric SMILES CC[C@H]1CN2CCc3c([C@@H]2C[C@@H]1C[C@H]1NCCc2c1cc(OC)c(c2)OC)cc(c(c3)OC)OC
InChI InChI=1S/C29H40N2O4/c1-6-18-17-31-10-8-20-14-27(33-3)29(35-5)16-23(20)25(31)12-21(18)11-24-22-15-28(34-4)26(32-2)13-19(22)7-9-30-24/h13-16,18,21,24-25,30H,6-12,17H2,1-5H3/t18-,21-,24+,25-/m0/s1
InChI Key AUVVAXYIELKVAI-CKBKHPSWSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Emetine has a role as an emetic and as an antiprotozoal drug. However, it is a fairly toxic drug and it can cause cardiac failure. It is not approved in the US or EU. Emetine hydrochloride appears to be authorised for clinical use in China. Synthetic dehydroemetine has similar antiptotozoal activity to emetine, but produces fewer side effects.