Piroheptine

Chemical compound
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Legal statusLegal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
  • 3-(10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d][7]annulen-5-ylidene)-1-ethyl-2-methylpyrrolidine
CAS Number
  • 16378-21-5
  • HCl: 16378-22-6 checkY
PubChem CID
  • 4854
ChemSpider
  • 4688
UNII
  • AR6Y753ARL
  • HCl: 4ZM573199N checkY
KEGG
  • D01231 checkY
ChEBI
  • CHEBI:135287
Chemical and physical dataFormulaC22H25NMolar mass303.449 g·mol−13D model (JSmol)
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C22H25N/c1-3-23-15-14-19(16(23)2)22-20-10-6-4-8-17(20)12-13-18-9-5-7-11-21(18)22/h4-11,16H,3,12-15H2,1-2H3
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Piroheptine (brand name Trimol) is an anticholinergic and antihistamine used as an antiparkinsonian agent.

Piroheptine was observed to prevent the reuptake of dopamine and is therefore a DRI.[1][2]

Piroheptine comes from a family of drugs that includes pridefine and etifelmine.

References

  1. ^ Saitoh T (February 1988). "Suppression of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mouse brain by piroheptine and trihexyphenidyl". Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 83 (2–3): 161–166. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(88)90065-2. PMID 3258627. S2CID 25230405.
  2. ^ Ohashi T, Akita H, Tamura T, Noda K, Honda F (June 1972). "Effect of piroheptine, a new antiparkinson drug, on dopamine uptake into synaptosomes from corpus striatum of rat brain". Arzneimittel-Forschung. 22 (6): 966–972. PMID 5068358.
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