cytisine

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q417343
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cytisine

Summary

cytisine is a type of chemical entity[1]. cytisine ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cytisine is credited with the discovery of Alphonse Chevallier[3].
  • cytisine is credited with the discovery of Jean Louis Lassaigne[4].
  • cytisine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[5].
  • cytisine's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1C2CNCC1C3=CC=CC(=O)N3C2[6].
  • cytisine's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₁H₁₄N₂O[7].
  • cytisine is a type of LSM-6464[8].
  • cytisine is used for medication[9].
  • cytisine's Commons category is recorded as Cytisine[10].
  • cytisine comprises nitrogen[11].
  • cytisine comprises oxygen[12].
  • cytisine comprises carbon[13].
  • cytisine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1818[14].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Retama raetam[15].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Clathrotropis brachypetala[16].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Genista anatolica[17].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Ammodendron karelinii[18].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Anagyris foetida[19].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Clathrotropis glaucophylla[20].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Genista monspessulana[21].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Sophora koreensis[22].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Euchresta japonica[23].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Maackia amurensis[24].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Maackia hupehensis[25].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Maackia tashiroi[26].
  • cytisine's found in taxon is recorded as Maackia tenuifolia[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alphonse Chevallier[3], a pharmacist[28], 1793–1879[29], of France[30], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[31] and Jean Louis Lassaigne[4], a chemist[32], 1800–1859[33], of France[34], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[35].

Why It Matters

cytisine ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] cytisine has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] cytisine is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and Their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quinolizidine Alkaloids of Clathrotropis brachypetala. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Alkaloids ofGenista anatolica. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Alkaloids ofAmmodendron longiracemosum. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Ueber die Alkaloide von Anagyris foetida. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quinolizidine alkaloids from the curare adjuvant Clathrotropis glaucophylla. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . (+)-2,3-dehydro-10-oxo-alpha-isosparteine in Uresiphita reversalis larvae fed on Cytisus monspessulanus leaves. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Lupin alkaloids from Echinosophora koreensis. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . The alkaloid constituents of Euchresta japonica and the stereochemical assignment of two isomeric sophoridine N-oxides.. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Lupin alkaloids from Chinese Maackia amurensis. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Lupin Alkaloids from Chinese Maackia Hupehensis.. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Studies on Plant Constituents of Genus Maackia. Part V. (-)-Camoensidine N-Oxide; A New Alkaloid from Maackia tashiroi.. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . A Lupin Alkaloid, (-)-Tenuamine (Norlusitanine), from Maackia tenuifolia. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Wiki ping66 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use medication
    Found in taxon Retama raetam, Clathrotropis brachypetala, Genista anatolica +100
    Has part(s) nitrogen, oxygen, carbon
    Melting point {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+152.5'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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