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Version5.0
StatusDetected but not Quantified
Creation Date2021-09-11 13:01:45 UTC
Update Date2021-09-26 23:07:42 UTC
HMDB IDHMDB0254015
Secondary Accession NumbersNone
Metabolite Identification
Common NameTetrahydroharmine
DescriptionLeptaflorine, also known as tetrahydroharmine, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as harmala alkaloids. Harmala alkaloids are compounds with a structure based on harmaline, harmine, harmalol, harman or a derivative of those parents. These parents are beta-carbolines, consisting of a pyrimidine fused to the pyrrole moiety of an indole to form a pyrido[3,4-b]indole. Harmala alkaloids are considered Schedule 9 prohibited substances under the Poisons Standard (October 2015). Tetrahydroharmine (THH) is a fluorescent indole alkaloid that occurs in the tropical liana species Banisteriopsis caapi. A Schedule 9 substance is a substance which may be abused or misused, the manufacture, possession, sale or use of which should be prohibited by law except when required for medical or scientific research, or for analytical, teaching or training purposes with approval of Commonwealth and/or State or Territory Health Authorities. Leptaflorine is a very strong basic compound (based on its pKa). THH weakly inhibits serotonin reuptake. THH does not inhibit monoamine oxidase B, however two other harmala alkaloids in B. caapi, harmaline and harmine, are reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A. While THH may not play a significant role in the inhibition of MAO it may contribute psychoactivity indirectly by inhibiting the uptake of Serotonin in platelets and presynaptic neurons . This compound has been identified in human blood as reported by (PMID: 31557052 ). Tetrahydroharmine is not a naturally occurring metabolite and is only found in those individuals exposed to this compound or its derivatives. Technically Tetrahydroharmine is part of the human exposome. The exposome can be defined as the collection of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime and how those exposures relate to health. An individual's exposure begins before birth and includes insults from environmental and occupational sources.
Structure
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Synonyms
ValueSource
TetrahydroharmineMeSH
1,2,3,4-TetrahydroharmineMeSH
Chemical FormulaC13H16N2O
Average Molecular Weight216.284
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight216.126263143
IUPAC Name7-methoxy-1-methyl-1H,2H,3H,4H,9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole
Traditional Name7-methoxy-1-methyl-1H,2H,3H,4H,9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole
CAS Registry NumberNot Available
SMILES
COC1=CC2=C(C=C1)C1=C(N2)C(C)NCC1
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C13H16N2O/c1-8-13-11(5-6-14-8)10-4-3-9(16-2)7-12(10)15-13/h3-4,7-8,14-15H,5-6H2,1-2H3
InChI KeyZXLDQJLIBNPEFJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as harmala alkaloids. Harmala alkaloids are compounds with a structure based on harmaline, harmine, harmalol, harman or a derivative of those parents. These parents are beta-carbolines, consisting of a pyrimidine fused to the pyrrole moiety of an indole to form a pyrido[3,4-b]indole.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassAlkaloids and derivatives
ClassHarmala alkaloids
Sub ClassNot Available
Direct ParentHarmala alkaloids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Harmaline
  • Harman
  • Beta-carboline
  • Pyridoindole
  • 3-alkylindole
  • Indole
  • Indole or derivatives
  • Anisole
  • Alkyl aryl ether
  • Aralkylamine
  • Benzenoid
  • Pyrrole
  • Heteroaromatic compound
  • Secondary amine
  • Azacycle
  • Ether
  • Secondary aliphatic amine
  • Organoheterocyclic compound
  • Amine
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Organonitrogen compound
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organopnictogen compound
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic nitrogen compound
  • Aromatic heteropolycyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAromatic heteropolycyclic compounds
External DescriptorsNot Available
Ontology
Physiological effectNot Available
Disposition
ProcessNot Available
RoleNot Available
Physical Properties
StateNot Available
Experimental Molecular Properties
PropertyValueReference
Melting PointNot AvailableNot Available
Boiling PointNot AvailableNot Available
Water SolubilityNot AvailableNot Available
LogPNot AvailableNot Available
Experimental Chromatographic PropertiesNot Available
Predicted Molecular Properties
Predicted Chromatographic Properties
Spectra
Biological Properties
Cellular LocationsNot Available
Biospecimen Locations
  • Blood
Tissue LocationsNot Available
Pathways
Normal Concentrations
BiospecimenStatusValueAgeSexConditionReferenceDetails
BloodDetected but not QuantifiedNot QuantifiedNot SpecifiedNot SpecifiedNormal details
Abnormal Concentrations
Not Available
Associated Disorders and Diseases
Disease ReferencesNone
Associated OMIM IDsNone
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FooDB IDNot Available
KNApSAcK IDNot Available
Chemspider IDNot Available
KEGG Compound IDNot Available
BioCyc IDNot Available
BiGG IDNot Available
Wikipedia LinkTetrahydroharmine
METLIN IDNot Available
PubChem Compound159809
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI IDNot Available
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDNot Available
MarkerDB IDNot Available
Good Scents IDNot Available
References
Synthesis ReferenceNot Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Not Available
General References
  1. Barupal DK, Fiehn O: Generating the Blood Exposome Database Using a Comprehensive Text Mining and Database Fusion Approach. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 Sep;127(9):97008. doi: 10.1289/EHP4713. Epub 2019 Sep 26. [PubMed:31557052 ]