jatrorrhizine hydrochloride

Jatrorrhizine hydrochloride is a compound extracted from the roots of Berberis vulgaris with neuroprotective, antimicrobial, antiplasmodial, and antioxidant activities.Jatrorrhizine hydrochloride is an orally active and selective inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which inhibits norepinephrine (NE) uptake. It inhibits the uptake of norepinephrine (NE).

Jatrorrhizine (neprotin) is a protoberberine alkaloid isolated from Enantia chlorantha (Annonaceae) and other species. It was found to have antimicrobial and antifungal activity. It binds and noncompetitively inhibits monoamine oxidase (IC50 4 micromolar for MAO-A and 62 for MAO-B).

Jatrorrhizine chloride (Neprotine chloride) is a potent and orally active uptake-2 transporter inhibitor. It exhibits a critical neuroprotective role in H2O2-induced apoptosis via inhibition of the MAPK pathway in HT22 hippocampal neurons.