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IUPAC name
 (1R,2R,3S,6S,7S,9S,10R,11S,12R,13S,14R)-2,6,9,11,13,14-Hexahydroxy-11-isopropyl-3,7,10-trimethyl-15-oxapentacyclo [7.5.1.01,6.07,13.010,14]pentadec-12-yl 1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate 
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15662-33-6  | 
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| 3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image | 
| ChEBI | 
CHEBI:8925  | 
| ChEMBL | 
ChEMBL612231  | 
| ChemSpider | 
16736002  | 
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.036.105 | 
| 4303 | |
| KEGG | 
C08705  | 
| MeSH | Ryanodine | 
| PubChem | 5114 | 
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| Properties | |
| C25H35NO9 | |
| Molar mass | 493.547 g/mol | 
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 Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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Ryanodine is a poisonous diterpenoide found in the South American plant Ryania speciosa (Salicaceae). It was originally used as an insecticide.
The compound has extremely high affinity to the open-form ryanodine receptor, a group of calcium channels found in skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and heart muscle cells. It binds with such high affinity to the receptor that it was used as a label for the first purification of that class of ion channels and gave its name to it.
At nanomolar concentrations, ryanodine locks the receptor in a half-open state, whereas it fully closes them at micromolar concentration. The effect of the nanomolar-level binding is that ryanodine causes release of calcium from calcium stores as the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the cytoplasm, leading to massive muscular contractions. The effect of micromolar-level binding is paralysis. This is true for both mammals and insects.