Delphinine

Staphisagrin

Fixed

198-200 ° C

• Insoluble in ethanol, ether
• Insoluble in water

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Delphinine is a poisonous alkaloid that is known in particular as an ingredient of larkspur. The specific rotation [ α ] D of 25 ° ( ethanol).

Occurrence

Effect

It is similar to aconitine and produces flaccid paralysis of the heart muscle, but has no effect on the eye. The influence of the vessels is by Serck much stronger than that caused by aconitine and is based on an effect on the spinal cord or the peripheral vascular nerves, but is independent of the vasomotor center. On the skin delphinine can cause severe inflammation.