Chemistry:Tetrindole

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Short description: Chemical compound
Tetrindole
Tetrindole skeletal.svg
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FormulaC20H26N2
Molar mass294.442 g·mol−1
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Tetrindole was a drug candidate that functions by reversibly inhibiting monoamine oxidase A; it was first synthesized in Moscow in the early 1990s.[1] Tetrindole is similar in its chemical structure to pirlindole (Pyrazidol), and metralindole.[2]

References

  1. "Monoamine oxidase inhibition by novel antidepressant tetrindole". Biochemical Pharmacology 47 (2): 303–8. January 1994. doi:10.1016/0006-2952(94)90021-3. PMID 8304974. 
  2. "Monoamine oxidases: to inhibit or not to inhibit". Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 3 (2): 129–36. March 2003. doi:10.2174/1389557033405287. PMID 12570845.