Conicamin, a novel histamine antagonist from the mediterranean tunicate Aplidium conicum

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Dec 15;13(24):4481-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.08.081.

Abstract

In addition to the known 6-bromo-hypaphorine (2) and plakohypaphorine-A (3), the methanol extract of the Mediterranean tunicate Aplidium conicum was shown to contain conicamin, a novel indole alkaloid having histamine-antagonistic activity which structure was determined to be 1 on the basis of the spectral data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Histamine Antagonists / chemistry
  • Histamine Antagonists / isolation & purification
  • Histamine Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Ileum / drug effects
  • Ileum / physiology
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Indole Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / physiology
  • Urochordata / chemistry*

Substances

  • Histamine Antagonists
  • Indole Alkaloids
  • conicamin