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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C4H9NO2
Molecular Weight 103.1198
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of .GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID

SMILES

NCCCC(O)=O

InChI

InChIKey=BTCSSZJGUNDROE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7/h1-3,5H2,(H,6,7)

HIDE SMILES / InChI
2,5-Dimethyl-N-Phenyl-3H-diazaphophol-4-imine is a quinonoid tautomer of GABAA and GABAB agonist progabide. According to quantum mechanical calculations, a quinonoid form is predominant in polar solvents, while aromatic tautomer is prevalent in apolar solvents. Progabide is a prodrug of gamma-aminobutyric acid and was investigated for the treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, clinical depression, anxiety disorder, and other diseases. Progabide was marketed in France by Sanofi Aventis under tradename Gabrene for use in monotherapy and also as adjunctive therapy for generalized tonic-clonic, myoclonic, partial seizures, and for Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome, in both children and adults.

Originator

Curator's Comment: -Aminobutyric acid (GABA) was initially identified as a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain by Roberts and Frankel in 1950

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Preventing
THERAPENTIN-90

Approved Use

Gabapentin Capsules is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures with and without secondary generalization in patients over 12 years of age with epilepsy. Gabapentin Capsules is also indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in pediatric patients age 3 – 12 years.

Launch Date

2011
Primary
Gammalon

Approved Use

Gamma-aminobutyric acid helps to restore the metabolism of the brain: activates energy processes, improves glucose utilization and blood supply, increases the respiratory activity of tissues. GABA has a mild psychostimulant effect, has anticonvulsant activity, stabilizes high blood pressure, improves memory, increases the productivity of thinking, helps restore speech and movements after disorders of cerebral circulation. Given these properties of the active substance, Gammalon is prescribed for adult patients with: Vascular diseases of the brain (damage of cerebral vessels, atherosclerosis, caused by hypertension), especially in cases when they are accompanied by sleep disorders, headache, dizziness; Atherosclerosis of cerebral arteries with concomitant phenomena of softening of the brain; Conditions after cerebrovascular accident, stroke, traumatic brain injury; Chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency, dyscirculatory encephalopathy, characterized by impaired attention, memory and speech, headaches and dizziness; Symptom complex of motion sickness (sea, air sickness); Alcohol encephalopathy; Alcoholic polyneuritis. In pediatrics, Gammalon, according to the instructions, is used for: Cerebral palsy; Lag of mental development, accompanied by reduced mental activity; Consequences of birth and / or craniocerebral trauma; Symptom complex of motion sickness.
Primary
Gammalon

Approved Use

Gamma-aminobutyric acid helps to restore the metabolism of the brain: activates energy processes, improves glucose utilization and blood supply, increases the respiratory activity of tissues. GABA has a mild psychostimulant effect, has anticonvulsant activity, stabilizes high blood pressure, improves memory, increases the productivity of thinking, helps restore speech and movements after disorders of cerebral circulation. Given these properties of the active substance, Gammalon is prescribed for adult patients with: Vascular diseases of the brain (damage of cerebral vessels, atherosclerosis, caused by hypertension), especially in cases when they are accompanied by sleep disorders, headache, dizziness; Atherosclerosis of cerebral arteries with concomitant phenomena of softening of the brain; Conditions after cerebrovascular accident, stroke, traumatic brain injury; Chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency, dyscirculatory encephalopathy, characterized by impaired attention, memory and speech, headaches and dizziness; Symptom complex of motion sickness (sea, air sickness); Alcohol encephalopathy; Alcoholic polyneuritis. In pediatrics, Gammalon, according to the instructions, is used for: Cerebral palsy; Lag of mental development, accompanied by reduced mental activity; Consequences of birth and / or craniocerebral trauma; Symptom complex of motion sickness.
Primary
Gammalon

Approved Use

Gamma-aminobutyric acid helps to restore the metabolism of the brain: activates energy processes, improves glucose utilization and blood supply, increases the respiratory activity of tissues. GABA has a mild psychostimulant effect, has anticonvulsant activity, stabilizes high blood pressure, improves memory, increases the productivity of thinking, helps restore speech and movements after disorders of cerebral circulation. Given these properties of the active substance, Gammalon is prescribed for adult patients with: Vascular diseases of the brain (damage of cerebral vessels, atherosclerosis, caused by hypertension), especially in cases when they are accompanied by sleep disorders, headache, dizziness; Atherosclerosis of cerebral arteries with concomitant phenomena of softening of the brain; Conditions after cerebrovascular accident, stroke, traumatic brain injury; Chronic cerebrovascular insufficiency, dyscirculatory encephalopathy, characterized by impaired attention, memory and speech, headaches and dizziness; Symptom complex of motion sickness (sea, air sickness); Alcohol encephalopathy; Alcoholic polyneuritis. In pediatrics, Gammalon, according to the instructions, is used for: Cerebral palsy; Lag of mental development, accompanied by reduced mental activity; Consequences of birth and / or craniocerebral trauma; Symptom complex of motion sickness.
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
688.53 ng/mL
2 g single, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
767.77 ng/mL
2 g 3 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
932.91 ng × h/mL
2 g single, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
1078.11 ng × h/mL
2 g 3 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
5.08 h
2 g single, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
5.24 h
2 g 3 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 2 g
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
GABAergic system in the endocrine pancreas: a new target for diabetes treatment.
2015
Neurotransmitters as food supplements: the effects of GABA on brain and behavior.
2015
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) stimulates pancreatic cancer growth through overexpressing GABAA receptor pi subunit.
2007-10-15
Glutamate- and GABA-based CNS therapeutics.
2006-02
Mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs.
2005
Preclinical evaluation of newly approved and potential antiepileptic drugs against cocaine-induced seizures.
1999-09
Co-administration of progabide inhibits haloperidol-induced oral dyskinesias in rats.
1992-02-25
GABAergic modulation of lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane)-induced seizures.
1989-08
Therapeutic response to progabide in neuroleptic- and L-dopa-induced dyskinesias.
1987-06
GABA receptor agonists and extrapyramidal motor function: therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease.
1987
Anticonvulsant profile of drugs which facilitate GABAergic transmission on convulsions mediated by a GABAergic mechanism.
1986-02
Clinical activity of GABA agonists in neuroleptic- and L-dopa-induced dyskinesia.
1985
Pharmacology of the GABAergic system: effects of progabide, a GABA receptor agonist.
1984
Biphasic effects of direct, but not indirect, GABA mimetics and antagonists on haloperidol-induced catalepsy.
1980-03
Effect of the new gamma-aminobutyric acid agonist SL 76 002 on striatal acetylcholine: relation to neuroleptic-induced extrapyramidal alterations.
1980
Biphasic effect of direct GABA mimetic drugs on haloperidol-induced catalepsy [proceedings].
1979-11
[Potential therapeutic activity of GABA-mimetic drugs in neuropsychiatry].
1979
gamma-Aminobutyric acid in brain: its formation from glutamic acid.
1950-11
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

Patients will receive the Active GABA (Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid) capsules. Each capsule 250mg. Dosage will be calculated according to body surface area of the child and divided between 2 meals/day. Larger dose taken with larger meal.
Route of Administration: Oral
The HEK293 cells constitutively expressing exogenous GABA receptor π subunit (GABRP) revealed the growth-promoting effect of GABA treatment (serial concentrations: 0, 1, 10, 100 μmol/L);for 6 d). GABA treatment stimulated GABRP-positive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell proliferatio and activated the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal–regulated kinase (MAPK/Erk) cascade. These findings imply that GABA and GABRP could play important roles in PDAC development and progression, and that this pathway can be a promising molecular target for the development of new therapeutic strategies for PDAC.
Name Type Language
AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
INCI  
INCI  
Preferred Name English
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
MI  
Systematic Name English
4-AMINOBUTANOIC ACID
Systematic Name English
AMINOBUTYRIC ACID, GAMMA-
Common Name English
.GAMMA.-AMINO-BUTYRIC ACID
Common Name English
GABA
Common Name English
4-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID [FHFI]
Common Name English
SODIUM ALENDRONATE TRIHYDRATE IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRATE
Systematic Name English
PIPERIDIC ACID
Systematic Name English
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID [MART.]
Common Name English
.GAMMA.-AMINO-N-BUTYRIC ACID
Common Name English
NSC-27418
Code English
VIGABATRIN IMPURITY D [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
BUTYRIC ACID, 4-AMINO-
Common Name English
AMINOBUTYRATE
Systematic Name English
Gamma-aminobutyric acid [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
.GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID [MI]
Common Name English
VIGABATRIN IMPURITY, .GAMMA.-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID- [USP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
FACTOR I
Common Name English
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
JAN   MART.   USP-RS   WHO-DD  
Systematic Name English
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID [USP-RS]
Common Name English
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID [JAN]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
DSLD 443 (Number of products:610)
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WHO-VATC QN03AG03
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WHO-ATC N03AG03
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EPA PESTICIDE CODE 30802
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JECFA EVALUATION 4-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
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NCI_THESAURUS C687
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Code System Code Type Description
GRAS Notification (GRN No.)
257
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WIKIPEDIA
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
200-258-6
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SMS_ID
100000078174
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GRAS Notification (GRN No.)
595
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MESH
D005680
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RS_ITEM_NUM
1020023
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RXCUI
618771
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ALTERNATIVE
RXCUI
70582
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ALTERNATIVE
EPA CompTox
DTXSID6035106
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RXCUI
4617
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NCI_THESAURUS
C80523
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FDA UNII
2ACZ6IPC6I
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NSC
27418
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RXCUI
618257
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ALTERNATIVE
CHEBI
16865
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DAILYMED
2ACZ6IPC6I
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JECFA MONOGRAPH
1749
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MERCK INDEX
m1695
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DRUG CENTRAL
1262
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EVMPD
SUB127282
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL96
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DRUG BANK
DB02530
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PUBCHEM
119
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CAS
56-12-2
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EVMPD
SUB13946MIG
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