Effect of Isoquinoline Alkaloids of Different Structural Types on Antiplatelet Aggregation in Vitro

Abstract

Forty-one isoquinoline alkaloids were tested for antiplatelet aggregation effects. Among them, (-)-discretamine (6), protopine (7), ochotensimine (18), O-methylarmepavinemethine (23), lindoldhamine (25), isotetrandrine (26), thalicarpine (27), papaverine (28), and D-(+)-N-norarmepavine (32) exhibited significant inhibitory activity towards adenosine 5′-diphosphate (ADP)-, arachidonic acid (AA)-, collagen-, and/or platelet-activating factor (PAF)-induced platelet aggregation. The results are discussed on the basis of structure-activity relationships.

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