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P8813

Sigma-Aldrich

Protriptyline hydrochloride

≥99% (TLC), powder

Synonym(s):

N-Methyl-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-5-propanamine hydrochloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H21N · HCl
CAS Number:
1225-55-4
Molecular Weight:
299.84
EC Number:
214-956-3
MDL number:
MFCD00072057
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
24277801
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥99% (TLC)

form

powder

color

white to off-white

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL

SMILES string

Cl[H].CNCCCC1c2ccccc2C=Cc3ccccc13

InChI

1S/C19H21N.ClH/c1-20-14-6-11-19-17-9-4-2-7-15(17)12-13-16-8-3-5-10-18(16)19;/h2-5,7-10,12-13,19-20H,6,11,14H2,1H3;1H

InChI key

OGQDIIKRQRZXJH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... SLC6A2(6530) , SLC6A4(6532)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Norepinephrine uptake blocker.

Features and Benefits

This compound is featured on the Biogenic Amine Transporters page of the Handbook of Receptor Classification and Signal Transduction. To browse other handbook pages, click here.

Caution

Shelf-life of the powder is at least three years at room temperature.

Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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M M Makhay et al.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 63(2), 319-324 (1999-06-17)
The ability of indirectly acting agonists such as norepinephrine uptake inhibitors, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and atypical antidepressants to substitute for clenbuterol, a beta-2 adrenergic agonist, was examined in rats trained to discriminate 0.03 mg/kg clenbuterol and saline using a fixed-ratio
F Sériès et al.
Chest, 104(1), 14-18 (1993-07-01)
We evaluated the effects of protriptyline on snoring characteristics in 14 nonapneic snorers (age range, 23 to 54 years; body mass index, 27.4 +/- 0.9 kg/m2, mean +/- SEM). The study design was a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial. Patients were
Sigrid C Veasey et al.
Sleep, 29(8), 1036-1044 (2006-09-02)
A significant number of patients with obstructive sleep apnea neither tolerate positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy nor achieve successful outcomes from either upper airway surgeries or use of an oral appliance. The purpose of this paper, therefore, was to systematically
K E Kinnamon et al.
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 216(3), 424-428 (1997-12-24)
Forty-nine "standard" compounds known to be useful in the treatment of other diseases were tested for their suppressive activity against the trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice. The most active was the antidepressant protriptyline, which was almost three times as effective
Y Huang
British journal of pharmacology, 117(3), 533-539 (1996-02-01)
1 The effects of noradrenaline (NA) uptake inhibitors on contractions induced by NA, high K+, and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in rat isolated aorta were investigated. 2 Protriptyline (0.3 microM) and amitriptyline (0.3 microM) produced an approximately parallel shift to the right
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