Dehydrosecodine is a terpene indole alkaloid.

The compound is believed to be an unstable O-acetylated secodine type intermediate in the formation of catharanthine and tabersonine from stemmadenine.

[1] The enzymes involved forming dehydrosecodine or utilizing it as a substrate for further chemical reactions are currently unknown.

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