毒理性
生物碱erythropleine和cassaine(nervocidine)具有麻醉作用,但应用于眼睛时会引起过度刺激和损害角膜、结膜和虹膜。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,可能是通过破坏AQ分泌机制,但结膜化学烧伤和角膜水肿对于抗青光眼治疗来说过于严重。仅引起轻微的瞳孔缩小。
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.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)