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Epibatidine: a novel (chloropyridyl)azabicycloheptane with potent analgesic activity from an ecuadoran poison frog

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A potent non-opioid analgesic, epibatidine, has been isolated from skins of the Ecuadoran poison frog, Epipedobates tricolor, and its structure determined by MS, IR, and 1 H NMR analyses as exo-2-(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane represents a unique new class of alkaloids.
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A potent non-opioid analgesic, epibatidine, has been isolated from skins of the Ecuadoran poison frog, Epipedobates tricolor, and its structure determined by MS, IR, and 1 H NMR analyses as exo-2-(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. It represents a unique new class of alkaloids

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Chemical Diversity in Nature Produces Potent Drugs of Various Ailments; Natural Products

TL;DR: Nature is a unique source of structures of high phytochemical diversity, many of them possessing interesting pharmacological activities and medicinal properties, and natural products remain a prominent source for the discovery of new drugs and drug leads even from Vedic period.

Drug synthesis methods and manufacturing technology preparative-scale production of the analgesic (2r*)-2-(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)-7-azabicyclo(2.2.1)heptane (epibatidine)

TL;DR: A preparative-scale method was developed for the production of the analgesic epibatidine, yielding its endo and exo isomers with yields of 9.9% and 8.8% respectively.
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