DANITRACEN

Details

Stereochemistry	ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula	C20H21NO
Molecular Weight	291.3868
Optical Activity	NONE
Defined Stereocenters	0 / 0
E/Z Centers	0
Charge	0

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SMILES

CN1CCC(CC1)=C2C3=C(C=CC=C3)C(O)C4=C2C=CC=C4

InChI

InChIKey=HLBRHTFSMMEHPK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI=1S/C20H21NO/c1-21-12-10-14(11-13-21)19-15-6-2-4-8-17(15)20(22)18-9-5-3-7-16(18)19/h2-9,20,22H,10-13H2,1H3

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Description
Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/309138 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6176681 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/401705

Danitracen (WA 335) is an antidepressant compound developed in the 1970s. Danitracen acts by blocking central and peripheral 5-HT receptors: it potentiates testosterone-induced sexual behavior in rats and abolishes the 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) induced hypermotility in mice. In amphetamine-treated rats, administration of danitracen lowered whole brain serotonin and norepinephrine levels. Danitracen investigated in clinical trials in depressed patients. At 3 mg/day, danitracen was equipotent to 150 mg/day amitriptyline.

Approval Year

PubMed

Title	Date	PubMed
[On the pharmacology of 9,10-dihydro-10-(1-methyl-4-piperidylidene)-9-anthrol (WA 335), a histamine and serotonin antagonist (author's transl)].	1975 Nov	1049
[Comparison of the effects of the anthracene derivative danitracen (WA335-BS) and amitriptyline in depressive patients (author's transl)].	1976	786311

Name

Type

Language

DANITRACEN

Official Name

English

W-A 335

Code

English

danitracen [INN]

Common Name

English

NSC-170955

Code

English

9,10-DIHYDRO-10-(1-METHYL-4-PIPERIDYLIDENE)-9-ANTHROL

Systematic Name

English

WA-335

Code

English

W-A-335

Code

English

Classification Tree Code System Code

NCI_THESAURUS

C66885