Mebanazine

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Mebanazine
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Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
  • 1-phenylethylhydrazine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard100.000.559 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC8H12N2
Molar mass136.198 g·mol−1

Mebanazine (trade name Actomol) is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine chemical class that was previously used as an antidepressant in the 1960s, but has since been withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity.[1][2][3]

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References[]

  1. ^ Gilmour SJ (September 1965). "Clinical trial of mebanazine--a new monoamine oxidase inhibitor". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 111 (478): 899–902. doi:10.1192/bjp.111.478.899. PMID 5889715.
  2. ^ Barker JC, Jan IA, Enoch MD (November 1965). "A controlled trial of mebanazine ('Actomol') in depression". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 111 (480): 1095–100. doi:10.1192/bjp.111.480.1095. PMID 5320546.
  3. ^ Knott F (1965). "A preliminary trial of mebanazine in depressive states". The Journal of New Drugs. 5 (6): 345–7. doi:10.1002/j.1552-4604.1965.tb00259.x. PMID 5327282.[permanent dead link]


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