Cytisine

Pyridine-like alkaloid - Nicotine agonist - Potent agonist at alpha3beta4 and alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and partial agonist at alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors - Shows analgesic, antihypertensive and inotropic activities - Used for smoking cessation - Might be used for binge-like ethanol drinking cessation - Iron-chelator and hydroxyl radical scavanger - Has antidepressant properties - Used in forensics in novel surface molecular imprinting techniques.