Veratrum Alkaloids
- Name
- Veratrum Alkaloids
- Accession Number
- DBCAT001135
- Description
Alkaloids with powerful hypotensive effects isolated from American or European Hellebore (Veratrum viride Ait. Liliaceae and Veratrum album L. Liliaceae). They increase cholinergic and decrease adrenergic tone with appropriate side effects and at higher doses depress respiration and produce cardiac arrhythmias; only the ester alkaloids have been used as hypotensive agents in specific instances. They have been generally replaced by drugs with fewer adverse effects.
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Cryptenamine For the treatment of hypertension. - Drugs & Drug Targets
Drug Target Type Cryptenamine Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 target Cryptenamine Beta adrenergic receptor target