Compound Monograph
Tortuosamine
Tortuosamine is a minor alkaloid isolated from the South African succulent kanna (Sceletium tortuosum).
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Where Does It Come From?
Tortuosamine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, found in Kanna.
Concentration
Content by Source
Concentrations not reported. No percent-dry-weight or mg/g figures have been published for this compound in its source plants.
Research & Evidence
Tortuosamine is one of the minor alkaloids identified in kanna (Sceletium tortuosum), the succulent traditionally used in southern Africa. It belongs to a group of alkaloids structurally distinct from the better-studied mesembrine-type compounds that dominate the plant. Little is established about its individual pharmacology, and most attention to Sceletium has focused on mesembrine and related alkaloids rather than on tortuosamine itself.
