NCBI Taxonomy: 61950
Spigelia anthelmia (ncbi_taxid: 61950)
found 4 associated metabolites at species taxonomy rank level.
Ancestor: Spigelia
Child Taxonomies: none taxonomy data.
Ryanodine
An insecticide alkaloid isolated from South American plant Ryania speciosa. Ryania is a natural product found in Ryania speciosa and Spigelia anthelmia with data available. Ryanodine is a poisonous alkaloid found in the South American plant Ryania speciosa (Flacourtiaceae). It was originally used as an insecticide. The compound has extremely high affinity to the open-form ryanodine receptor, a group of calcium channels found in skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and heart muscle cells. It binds with such high affinity to the receptor that it was used as a label for the first purification of that class of ion channels and gave its name to it. A methylpyrrole-carboxylate from RYANIA that disrupts the RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL to modify CALCIUM release from SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM resulting in alteration of MUSCLE CONTRACTION. It was previously used in INSECTICIDES. It is used experimentally in conjunction with THAPSIGARGIN and other inhibitors of CALCIUM ATPASE uptake of calcium into SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM.
