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Preferred Name

Almotriptan
Synonyms

Almotriptan

ALMOTRIPTAN

Definitions

A sulfonamide triptan with extracerebral, intracranial vasoconstrictor activity. Almotriptan selectively binds to and activates serotonin 5-HT 1B and 1D receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby causing extracerebral, intracranial blood vessel constriction. This may lead to pain relief from vascular headaches. Almotriptan may also relieve vascular headaches by preventing the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular trigeminal axons in the dura mater during a migraine, by reducing extravasation of plasma proteins, and by decreasing the release of other mediators of inflammation from the trigeminal nerve.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C65224

CAS_Registry

154323-57-6

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:520985

Chemical_Formula

C17H25N3O2S

code

C65224

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

A sulfonamide triptan with extracerebral, intracranial vasoconstrictor activity. Almotriptan selectively binds to and activates serotonin 5-HT 1B and 1D receptors in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby causing extracerebral, intracranial blood vessel constriction. This may lead to pain relief from vascular headaches. Almotriptan may also relieve vascular headaches by preventing the release of vasoactive neuropeptides from perivascular trigeminal axons in the dura mater during a migraine, by reducing extravasation of plasma proteins, and by decreasing the release of other mediators of inflammation from the trigeminal nerve.

FDA_UNII_Code

1O4XL5SN61

FULL_SYN

Almotriptan

ALMOTRIPTAN

Has_Salt_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61628

label

Almotriptan

Legacy Concept Name

Almotriptan

Preferred_Name

Almotriptan

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C65224

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0914729

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C47794

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