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| Formula | C17H21NO5 |
| Molar mass | 319.357 g·mol−1 |
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Anisodine, also known as daturamine and α-hydroxyscopolamine, is an antispasmodic and anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of acute circulatory shock in China. It is a tropane alkaloid and is found naturally in plants of the family Solanaceae - notably Anisodus tanguticus (syn. Scopolia tangutica. Anisodine acts as a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist and α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist.
Anisodine/procaine is an injected prescription drug in China, approved for "ischemic optic nerve, retinal, and choroidal lesions". It is believed to work by reliving vascular spasms.
(-)-Anisodine can be efficiently prepared using 6-beta-acetyltropine as the starting material via a key step of the Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (AD).