β-Tropine

Beta-tropine is a fatty acid that is synthesized from tiglic acid. It is used in sample preparation for the determination of nitrogen and carbon content and to determine the presence of ester linkages. Beta-tropine has been shown to inhibit the activity of enzymes, such as citrate lyase and malonic acid decarboxylase, which are involved in oxidative metabolism. Beta-tropine also inhibits the activity of mt2 receptors, which are involved in the regulation of blood pressure. This drug may have physiological effects on humans because it inhibits human serum aminopeptidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides with basic or neutral amino acids at their carboxy terminus.