- Salutaridine
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IUPACName=4-Hydroxy-3,6-dimethoxy-17-methyl-5,6,8,14-tetradehydromorphinan-7-one
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Section1=Chembox Identifiers
CASNo=1936-18-1
PubChem=5408233
SMILES=CN1CC [C@] 23C=C(C(=O)C=C2 [C@H] 1CC4=C3C(=C(C=C4)OC)O)OC
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C=19 | H=21 | N=1 | O=4
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Solubility=Salutaridine is an alkaloid that is present in the morphinian alkaloid pathway of opium poppy. Its precursor is the alkaloid
(R)-reticuline . (R)-reticuline is converted to salutaridine by the enzymesalutaridine synthase . Salutaridine is converted tosalutaridinol by the enzymesalutaridine reductase (SalR), with the reduction of NADPH to NADP+.
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