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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2019 Dec 27;63(1):433–439. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01465

Table 3.

Affinities (Ki ± SEM nM) of Kratom Alkaloids in Specifically Binding to Adrenergic Receptors As Well As Subtype Selectivitya

compd α1A Ki ± SEM (nM) α1B Ki ± SEM (nM) α1D Ki ± SEM (nM) α2A Ki ± SEM (nM) α2B Ki ± SEM (nM) α2C Ki ± SEM (nM)
WB 4101b 0.16 0.038 ND ND ND ND
prazosin ND ND 0.17 ± 0.03 ND ND ND
yohimbineb ND ND ND 3.13 1.16 0.80
corynantheidine ND ND 41.7 ± 4.7 ND ND ND
mitragynine 1340 ± 100 4770 ± 120 5480 ± 540 4720 ± 120 9290 ± 30 2320 ± 140
a

ND: Not determined because there was less displacement of radioligand at 10,000 nM of test compound (Table 1).

b

These data points were conducted once; studies are still ongoing with other kratom alkaloids and the test controls will be repeated.