emetine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 11087

PDB Ligand
Comment: Emetine is a plant metabolite from ipecac root.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 7
Topological polar surface area 52.19
Molecular weight 480.3
XLogP 4.35
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC[C@H]1CN2CCc3c([C@@H]2C[C@@H]1C[C@H]1NCCc2c1cc(OC)c(c2)OC)cc(c(c3)OC)OC
Isomeric SMILES CC[C@H]1CN2CCc3c([C@@H]2C[C@@H]1C[C@H]1NCCc2c1cc(OC)c(c2)OC)cc(c(c3)OC)OC
InChI InChI=1S/C29H40N2O4/c1-6-18-17-31-10-8-20-14-27(33-3)29(35-5)16-23(20)25(31)12-21(18)11-24-22-15-28(34-4)26(32-2)13-19(22)7-9-30-24/h13-16,18,21,24-25,30H,6-12,17H2,1-5H3/t18-,21-,24+,25-/m0/s1
InChI Key AUVVAXYIELKVAI-CKBKHPSWSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
Emetine inhibits protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells. It also has reported antiviral activity. Although the antiviral mechanism is not fully resolved, it may involve blocking viral progress through the normal endocytic pathway [3-4].

Emetine has been reported to rescue SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero-E6 cells from death with an EC50 of <10 nM in plaque and CellTiter-Glo assays [2].

DrugMatrix in vitro pharmacology data indicates that emetine interacts with alpha adrenergic receptors and L type calcium channels [1].