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Also known as GR-50,360

Fluparoxan (developmental code name GR50360A) is a potent α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist (pKB = 7.9) with excellent selectivity for this receptor over the α1-adrenergic receptor (2,630-fold), and is the only well-studied α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist in its structural family which does not antagonize any variant of the imidazoline receptor. It was shown to possess central α2-adrenoceptor antagonist activity after oral doses in man and was patented as an antidepressant by Glaxo in the early 1980s, but its development was discontinued when the compound failed to show a clear clinical adva

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Mass
195.069557
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chemical formula
C₁₀H₁₀FNO₂
isomeric SMILES
C1[C@H]2[C@H](CN1)OC3=C(O2)C=CC=C3F
canonical SMILES
C1C2C(CN1)OC3=C(O2)C=CC=C3F
Commons category
Fluparoxan
physically interacts with
5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 1A
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  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Metabolism
  • Chemistry
  • Synthesis
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Fluparoxan (developmental code name GR50360A) is a potent α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist (pKB = 7.9) with excellent selectivity for this receptor over the α1-adrenergic receptor (2,630-fold), and is the only well-studied α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist in its structural family which does not antagonize any variant of the imidazoline receptor. It was shown to possess central α2-adrenoceptor antagonist activity after oral doses in man and was patented as an antidepressant by Glaxo in the early 1980s, but its development was discontinued when the compound failed to show a clear clinical advantage over existing therapies.

==Pharmacology==

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