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ArticleJournal of natural products2009

Polyacetylenes from sardinian Oenanthe fistulosa: a molecular clue to risus sardonicus.

Giovanni Appendino, Federica Pollastro, Luisella Verotta, Mauro Ballero, Adriana Romano, Paulina Wyrembek, Katarzyna Szczuraszek, Jerzy W Mozrzymas, Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati

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Article in Journal of natural products, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanni AppendinoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale Ferrucci 33, 28100 Novara, Italy. appendino@pharm.unipmn.it
Federica Pollastro
Luisella Verotta
Mauro Ballero
Adriana Romano
Paulina Wyrembek
Katarzyna Szczuraszek
Jerzy W Mozrzymas
Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · IT

Funding

Wellcome Trust 070231/Z/03/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An investigation of Oenanthe fistulosa from Sardinia afforded oenanthotoxin (1a) and dihydrooenanthotoxin (1b) from the roots and the diacetylenic epoxydiol 2 from the seeds. The absolute configuration of 1a and 1b was established as R by the modified Mosher's method, and the structure of 2 by chemical correlation with (+)-(3R,8S)-falcarindiol. Oenanthotoxin (1a) and dihydrooenanthotoxin (1b) were found to potently block GABAergic responses, providing a molecular rationale for the symptoms of poisoning from water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) and related plants. These observations bear relevance for a series of historical and ethnopharmacological observations on the identification of the Sardonic herb and the molecular details of the facial muscular contraction caused by its ingestion (risus sardonicus).

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GABA-A Receptor AntagonistsApiaceaeDiynesEnediynesFatty AlcoholsGABA AntagonistsItalyMolecular StructureNeurotoxinsOenanthePlant PoisoningPlant RootsPolyynesSeedsStereoisomerismStructure-Activity RelationshipcicutoxinDiynesenanthotoxinEnediynesFatty AlcoholsGABA AntagonistsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsNeurotoxinsPolyynes

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PMID19245244
PMCPMC2685611
OpenAlexW1982679966

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