毒理性
生物碱埃里托啡碱和卡萨碱(神经毒碱)已知具有麻醉作用,但应用于眼睛时会引起极度刺激并对角膜、结膜和虹膜造成伤害。这些生物碱通过结膜下注射到人眼中,也会在几天内降低眼内压,可能是通过毒害水样分泌机制,但结膜化学烧伤和角膜水肿对于作为抗青光眼治疗来说副作用过大。仅引起轻微的瞳孔缩小。/埃里托啡碱生物碱/
THE ALKALOIDS ERYTHROPHLEINE & CASSAINE (NERVOCIDINE) ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ANESTHETIC ACTION, BUT WHEN APPLIED TO THE EYE ARE EXCESSIVELY IRRITATING & INJURIOUS TO THE CORNEA, CONJUNCTIVA, & IRIS. THESE ALKALOIDS APPLIED TO ...HUMAN EYES BY SUBCONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION ALSO LOWERED THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, PRESUMABLY BY POISONING THE AQ SECRETORY MECHANISM, BUT CHEMOSIS & CORNEAL EDEMA WERE TOO MUCH FOR ANTIGLAUCOMA THERAPEUTIC USE. ONLY SLIGHT MIOSIS WAS INDUCED. /ERYTHROPHLEUM ALKALOIDS/
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)