EPERISONE

Details

Stereochemistry	RACEMIC
Molecular Formula	C17H25NO
Molecular Weight	259.3865
Optical Activity	( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 1
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

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SMILES

CCC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)C(C)CN2CCCCC2

InChI

InChIKey=SQUNAWUMZGQQJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI=1S/C17H25NO/c1-3-15-7-9-16(10-8-15)17(19)14(2)13-18-11-5-4-6-12-18/h7-10,14H,3-6,11-13H2,1-2H3

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Description
Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22120855
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18836866

Eperisone is an antispasmodic drug approved in Japan for the treatment of of diseases characterized by muscle stiffness and pain. It is believed that eperisone exerts its effect through inhibition of sodium channels. The drug is still being marketed in Asia under the name Myonal (Square Pharmaceuticals).

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Targets

Primary Target	Pharmacology	Condition	Potency
skeletal muscle contraction 3 Target ID: GO:0003009 Sources: http://www.eisai.jp/medical/products/di/EPI/MYO_T-G_EPI.pdf	Inhibitor 8297

Conditions

Condition	Modality	Highest Phase	Product
Low back pain 22 Sources: http://www.eisai.jp/medical/products/di/EPI/MYO_T-G_EPI.pdf	Palliative	Approved 8429	MYONAL Approved Use Improvement of myotonic conditions caused by Neck-shoulder-arm syndrome, scapulohumeral periarthritis and low back pain; Spastic paralysis caused by the following diseases: Cerebrovascular disorders, spastic spinal paralysis, cervical spondylosis, post-surgical sequelae (including cerebrospinal tumor), sequelae of trauma (spinal injury and head injury), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, infantile cerebral palsy, spinocerebellar degeneration, spinal vascular disorders, subacute myelo-optico neuropathy (SMON) and other encephalomyelopathies.
Spastic paralysis 3 Sources: http://www.eisai.jp/medical/products/di/EPI/MYO_T-G_EPI.pdf	Palliative	Approved 8429	MYONAL Approved Use Improvement of myotonic conditions caused by Neck-shoulder-arm syndrome, scapulohumeral periarthritis and low back pain; Spastic paralysis caused by the following diseases: Cerebrovascular disorders, spastic spinal paralysis, cervical spondylosis, post-surgical sequelae (including cerebrospinal tumor), sequelae of trauma (spinal injury and head injury), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, infantile cerebral palsy, spinocerebellar degeneration, spinal vascular disorders, subacute myelo-optico neuropathy (SMON) and other encephalomyelopathies.
Neck-shoulder-arm syndrome 2 Sources: http://www.eisai.jp/medical/products/di/EPI/MYO_T-G_EPI.pdf	Palliative	Approved 8429	MYONAL Approved Use Improvement of myotonic conditions caused by Neck-shoulder-arm syndrome, scapulohumeral periarthritis and low back pain; Spastic paralysis caused by the following diseases: Cerebrovascular disorders, spastic spinal paralysis, cervical spondylosis, post-surgical sequelae (including cerebrospinal tumor), sequelae of trauma (spinal injury and head injury), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, infantile cerebral palsy, spinocerebellar degeneration, spinal vascular disorders, subacute myelo-optico neuropathy (SMON) and other encephalomyelopathies.
Scapulohumeral periarthritis 3 Sources: http://www.eisai.jp/medical/products/di/EPI/MYO_T-G_EPI.pdf	Palliative	Approved 8429	MYONAL Approved Use Improvement of myotonic conditions caused by Neck-shoulder-arm syndrome, scapulohumeral periarthritis and low back pain; Spastic paralysis caused by the following diseases: Cerebrovascular disorders, spastic spinal paralysis, cervical spondylosis, post-surgical sequelae (including cerebrospinal tumor), sequelae of trauma (spinal injury and head injury), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, infantile cerebral palsy, spinocerebellar degeneration, spinal vascular disorders, subacute myelo-optico neuropathy (SMON) and other encephalomyelopathies.

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Title	Date	PubMed

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide

150 mg of eperisone hydrochloride daily in three divided doses after meals

Route of Administration: Oral

In Vitro Use Guide

Eperisone (25–200 uM) depressed the ventral root potential of isolated hemisected spinal cord of 6-day-old rats.

Name

Type

Language

EPERISONE

Official Name

English

Eperisone [WHO-DD]

Common Name

English

EPERISONE [MI]

Common Name

English

1-(4-ETHYLPHENYL)-2-METHYL-3-(1-PIPERIDINYL)-1-PROPANONE

Systematic Name

English

eperisone [INN]

Common Name

English

EPERISONE [JAN]

Common Name

English

4'-ETHYL-2-METHYL-3-PIPERIDINOPROPIOPHENONE

Systematic Name

English

Classification Tree Code System Code

WHO-ATC

M03BX09