Chemistry:Licarbazepine

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Short description: Active metabolite of oxcarbazepine
Licarbazepine
Licarbazepine.svg
Top: (R)-(−)-licarbazepine
Bottom: (S)-(+)-licarbazepine
Clinical data
ATC code
  • None
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding<40%
MetabolitesGlucuronides
ExcretionMainly renal
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC15H14N2O2
Molar mass254.289 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
ChiralityRacemic mixture

Licarbazepine is a voltage-gated sodium channel blocker with anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing effects that is related to oxcarbazepine.[1] It is an active metabolite of oxcarbazepine.[1][2] In addition, an enantiomer of licarbazepine, eslicarbazepine ((S)-(+)-licarbazepine), is an active metabolite of eslicarbazepine acetate.[1][2] Oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine acetate are inactive on their own, and behave instead as prodrugs to licarbazepine and eslicarbazepine, respectively, to produce their therapeutic effects.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "A review of eslicarbazepine acetate for the adjunctive treatment of partial-onset epilepsy". Journal of Central Nervous System Disease 3: 179–87. 2011. doi:10.4137/JCNSD.S4888. PMID 23861647. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pharmacokinetics and drug interactions of eslicarbazepine acetate". Epilepsia 53 (6): 935–46. June 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03519.x. PMID 22612290.