The principal alkaloid of ipecac, from the ground roots of Uragoga (or Cephaelis) ipecacuanha or U. acuminata, of the Rubiaceae. It is used as an amebicide in many different preparations and may cause serious cardiac, hepatic, or renal damage and violent diarrhea and vomiting. Emetine inhibits protein synthesis in EUKARYOTIC CELLS but not PROKARYOTIC CELLS.
Emetine has been studied across 18 research domains including 🔬 Oncology, 🏋️ Muscle & Hypertrophy, 🫁 Liver & Detox, ⚡ Energy & Fatigue, 😴 Sleep. The primary research focus is 🔬 Oncology with 10% of studies addressing this area.
The following compounds share molecular targets with Emetine, based on binding affinity data from BindingDB and ChEMBL. Sorted by shared target overlap.
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