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Gepefrine
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Gepefrine (INN; trade names Pressionorm and Wintonin), also known as 3-hydroxyamphetamine, meta-hydroxyamphetamine,[1] and α-methyl-meta-tyramine, is an antihypotensive or sympathomimetic agent of the amphetamine family that is marketed in certain European countries.[2][3]
It is a known metabolite of amphetamine in rats.[1]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jonsson J (October 1977). “Identification of metahydroxyamphetamine as a metabolite of amphetamine in the rat”. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. 18 (2): 189–99. PMID 918344.
- ↑ Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory. Taylor & Francis US. 2000. p. 487. ISBN 978-3-88763-075-1. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ F.. Macdonald (1997). Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents. CRC Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-412-46630-4. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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