Chemistry:Metfendrazine

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Short description: Chemical compound
Metfendrazine
Metfendrazine structure.svg
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: uncontrolled
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H16N2
Molar mass164.252 g·mol−1

Metfendrazine (HM-11, MO-482), also known as methphendrazine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine chemical class.[1][2] It was investigated as an antidepressant, but was never marketed.

See also

References

  1. "Metfendrazine, a new inhibitor of monoamine oxidase". Archivos del Instituto de Farmacología Experimental (Madrid) 14: 47–59. 1962. 
  2. "A comparison of perphenazine, proketazine, nialamide and MO-482 in chronic schizophrenics". The American Journal of Psychiatry 117 (4): 358–360. October 1960. doi:10.1176/ajp.117.4.358. PMID 13753478.