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Sigma-Aldrich

Amitriptyline hydrochloride

≥98% (TLC), powder

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H23N · HCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
313.86
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

Quality Level

assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

color

white to off-white

solubility

H2O: soluble
ethanol: soluble

originator

Bristol-Myers Squibb

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cl[H].CN(C)CC\C=C1\c2ccccc2CCc3ccccc13

InChI

1S/C20H23N.ClH/c1-21(2)15-7-12-20-18-10-5-3-8-16(18)13-14-17-9-4-6-11-19(17)20;/h3-6,8-12H,7,13-15H2,1-2H3;1H

InChI key

KFYRPLNVJVHZGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Amitriptyline hydrochloride has been used:
  • as an antidepressant to study its effects on social behavior and memory in transgenic for acid sphingomyelinase (t-ASM) mice
  • as a tricyclic antidepressant to analyze its effects on glucocorticoid receptor function in whole human blood
  • as an anti-depressant to study its effects on scratching and locomotion behavior in chloroquine-induced mouse

Biochem/physiol Actions

Amitriptyline hydrochloride shows therapeutic effects against anxiety, maniac depression, and involutional melancholia. It possesses antihistaminic, anticholinergic, and antiserotonimic properties. Amitriptyline hydrochloride acts as an amphiphilic agent and exhibits neuroleptic activity.
Tricyclic antidepressant; inhibits the norepinephrine and serotonin transporters with Kis of 100 nM and 14.7 nM, respectively; high in vitro affinity for α1-adrenoceptors, serotonin and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

Features and Benefits

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

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Storage Class

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

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WGK 3

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Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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