Depending on the variety, lupins contain between 0.6% and 4.3% lupine alkaloids.[2]
Representatives
More than 170 lupine alkaloids have been identified.[1] The primary alkaloid is lupinin. Other notable compounds include lupanine, lupinine, lupanolin[2] and sparteine.[1] (-)-Lupanine is found in the white lupin, while (+)-lupanine is present in the blue lupin.[3][4][5] Both (+)-sparteine and (-)-sparteine occur naturally.[6] (-)-cytisine, the primary alkaloid of the laburnum, is also classified as a lupine alkaloid.[7]
Lupine alkaloids are considered toxic. Grazing animals should not ingest more than 60 g/kg. Symptoms of poisoning include liver and kidney degeneration, miscarriages, and congenital deformities. Sheep are particularly sensitive to these toxins.[2]
↑ K. Saito, S. Takamastsu, I. Murakoshi, S. Ohmiya, H. Otomasu (1989), "Isolation of a New Alkaloid (−)-O- Acetylbaptifoline and the Absolute Stereochemical Relationships of Lupine Alkaloids in Thermopsis chinensis", Journal of Natural Products, vol.52, no.5, p.1032, doi:10.1021/np50065a019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ K. Saito, S. Takamastsu, T. Sekine, F. Ikegami, H. Kubo, I. Murakoshi, S. Ohmiya, H. Otomasu (1989), "Absolute configuration of (+)-5,6-dehydrolupanine, a key intermediate in biosynthesis of lupin alkaloids", Phytochemistry, vol.28, no.3, pp.958–959, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(89)80158-X{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ James D. Firth, Steven J. Canipa, Leigh Ferris, Peter O’Brien (2017), "Gram-Scale Synthesis of the (−)-Sparteine Surrogate and (−)-Sparteine", Journal of the German Chemical Society, vol.57, no.1, pp.223–226, doi:10.1002/anie.201710261{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ T. Dingermann, K. Hiller, G. Schneider, I. Zündorf: Schneider Arzneidrogen. 5. Auflage. Elsevier 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1481-4, S. 339 f.
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