Bioactivity | Arecaidine hydrochloride, a pyridine alkaloid, is a potent GABA uptake inhibitor. Arecaidine hydrochloride is a substrate of H+-coupled amino acid transporter 1 (PAT1, SLC36A1) and competitively inhibits L-proline uptake[1][2]. | ||||||||||||
Name | Arecaidine hydrochloride | ||||||||||||
CAS | 6018-28-6 | ||||||||||||
Formula | C7H12ClNO2 | ||||||||||||
Molar Mass | 177.63 | ||||||||||||
Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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Reference | [1]. D Lodge, et al. Effects of the Areca nut constituents arecaidine and guvacine on the action of GABA in the cat central nervous system. Brain Res. 1977 Nov 18;136(3):513-22. [2]. Valerie Voigt, et al. Transport of the areca nut alkaloid arecaidine by the human proton-coupled amino acid transporter 1 (hPAT1). J Pharm Pharmacol. 2013 Apr;65(4):582-90. |