Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Aporphine is one of a class of quinoline alkaloids. Many different relatives of this compound have been purified from plants.One commonly used aporphine derivative is apomorphine although it does not occur naturally.Aporphine is a 5-HT1a partial agonist with a ki of 80nM and a 5-HT7 antagonist with a ki of 88nM. Aporphine is a Dopamine D1 antagonist with a ki of 717nM and a dopamine D2 antagonist with a ki of 527nM.