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C K Atal

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Semisynthetic derivatives of pyrrolizidine alkaloids of pharmacodynamic importance: a review.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids occur in more than 40 genera. Among these are two important genera, Senecio and Crotalaria, which have been responsible for heavy losses of livestock and poisoning in man due to their hepatotoxicity. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are also reported to possess a number of other biological activities. Attempts have been made to convert the pyrrolizidine alkaloids to new structures by synthetic modifications. One hundred and twenty semisynthetic compounds were developed and investigated pharmacologically. The range of activity exhibited was hypotensive, local anesthetic, ganglion blocking, neuromuscular blocking and antispasmodic. The five most promising compounds of these series were subjected to detailed pharmacological investigations.

Anesthetics, Local↗
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Effect of quercetin and Albizzia saponins on rat mast cell.

In the present work the effect of quercetin obtained from (Allium cepa). Albizzia lebbek (crude extract of seeds) and a pure saponin fraction of Albizzia has been studied on the mast cells in the mesentery and peritoneal fluid of rats subjected to anaphylaxis. The results show a mast cell membrane stabilizing effect of these test drugs.

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Some pharmacological investigations of embelin and its semisynthetic derivatives.

Embelin, obtained from Embolin ribes was condensed with different primary amines. Depending on the conditions of reaction, disalts or diimines were formed. Ten such disalts and fourteen diimines were developed. Embelin and all its disalts showed analgesic activity whereas all the diimines derivatives were inactive. The disalt, 2:5 disobutyl amine embelin showed maximum action. Analgesic effect was noticed only after intraperitoneal administration but not after subcutaneous, intramuscular or oral administration. The compounds cause some local irritation. The possibility of peritoneal irritation rendering the animals unresponsive to experimental pain seems to deserve consideration. However, analgesic effect could be seen in dogs and cats after intravenous injection. Embelin and its disalt, 2:5 isobutyl amine embelin also exhibited antipyretic and antiinflammatory activities.

Analgesics↗