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Oxypertine
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Oxypertine (Equipertine, Forit, Integrin, Lanturil, Lotawin, Opertil) is an antipsychotic used in the treatment of schizophrenia.[1] Chemically, it is an indole derivative similarly to molindone and a member of the phenylpiperazine class.[2] Like reserpine and tetrabenazine, oxypertine depletes catecholamines, though not serotonin, possibly underlying its neuroleptic efficacy.[3]
References
References
- ↑ Hall, Chapman and; Rhodes, P. H (1996). Dictionary of organic compounds. London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN 0-412-54090-8.
- ↑ Breulet M, Labar P, Delree C, Collard J, Bobon J (February 1968). “[Oxypertine, peperazine derivative of tryptophan with neuroleptic and dynamogenic properties]”. Acta Neurol Psychiatr Belg (in French). 68 (2): 116–27. PMID 4972600.
- ↑ Bak IJ, Hassler R, Kim JS (1969). “Differential monoamine depletion by oxypertine in nerve terminals. Granulated synaptic vesicles in relation to depletion of norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin”. Zeitschrift Für Zellforschung Und Mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948). 101 (3): 448–62. PMID 5362847.
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