dauricine dauricine dauricine is a plant metabolite, chemically classified as a phenol, an aromatic ether, and an isoquinoline alkaloid. it has been isolated from the asian vine menispermum dauricum, commonly known as asian moonseed, and the north american vine menispermum canadense, commonly known as canadian moonseed. scientists tetsuji kametani and keiichiro fukumoto of japan are credited with being the first to synthesize dauricine in 1964, using both the arndt-eistert reaction and bischler-napieralski reaction to do so. dauricine has been studied in vitro for its potential to inhibit cancer cell growth and to block cardiac transmembrane na+, k+, and ca2+ ion currents. dauricine names preferred iupac name (11r,71r)-16,17,76,77-tetramethoxy-12,72-dimethyl-11,12,13,14,71,72,73,74-octahydro-4-oxa-1,7(1)-diisoquinolina-3(1,3),5(1,4)-dibenzenaheptaphan-34-ol identifiers cas number 524-17-4 y 3d model (jsmol) interactive image chebi chebi:4331 chembl chembl442717 chemspider 66117 echa infocard 100.208.622 pubchem cid 73400 unii 8qto90g5w5 y comptox dashboard (epa) dtxsid90966808 inchi inchi=1/c38h44n2o6/c1-39-15-13-26-20-35(42-3)37(44-5)22-29(26)31(39)17-24-7-10-28(11-8-24)46-34-19-25(9-12-33(34)41)18-32-30-23-38(45-6)36(43-4)21-27(30)14-16-40(32)2/h7-12,19-23,31-32,41h,13-18h2,1-6h3/t31-,32-/m1/s1key: aqasrzocerrgbl-rojlcikybp smiles o(c1cc2c(cc1oc)(n(c)cc2)cc6ccc(oc3c(o)ccc(c3)c5c4c(cc(oc)c(oc)c4)ccn5c)cc6)c properties chemical formula c38h44n2o6 molar mass 624.778 g·mol−1 density 1.186 g/ml melting point 115 °c except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °c , 100 kpa). infobox references