Affinisine adalah alkaloidindolmonoterpena yang dapat diisolasi dari tanaman genus Tabernaemontana.[1][2] Secara struktural, Affinisine dapat dianggap sebagai anggota keluarga alkaloid sarpagine dan dapat disintesis dari triptofan melalui reaksi Pictet-Spengler.[3][4]
Farmakologi
Pengujian farmakologis terbatas telah menunjukkan bahwa affinisine dapat secara efektif menghambat asetilkolinesterase dan butirilkolinesterase.[1][5]
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