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Preferred Name

phenelzine sulfate

Synonyms

2-phenylethylhydrazine sulphate

Definitions

A hydrazine derivative and a potent non-selective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor with anxiolytic and antidepressant properties. Phenelzine sulfate irreversibly binds to MAO, thereby blocking the oxidative deamination of monoamines resulting in an increased concentration of biogenic amines and a concurrent decrease in catabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and serotonin, in the brain. In addition, through its primary metabolite phenylethylidenehyrazine (PEH), phenelzine causes elevated GABA levels in the caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens thereby exerting its anxiolytic effects. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C47668" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C47668" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000686546

altLabel

2-phenylethylhydrazine sulphate

2-phenylethylhydrazine hydrogen sulphate

Nardil

CAS Registry

156-51-4

cui

C0701388

C0031393

DATE FIRST PUBLISHED

2010-09-30

Date last modified

2010-09-30

definition

A hydrazine derivative and a potent non-selective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor with anxiolytic and antidepressant properties. Phenelzine sulfate irreversibly binds to MAO, thereby blocking the oxidative deamination of monoamines resulting in an increased concentration of biogenic amines and a concurrent decrease in catabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and serotonin, in the brain. In addition, through its primary metabolite phenylethylidenehyrazine (PEH), phenelzine causes elevated GABA levels in the caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens thereby exerting its anxiolytic effects. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C47668" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C47668" NCI Thesaurus)

LT

TRD

NCI ID

C47668

notation

CDR0000686546

NSC Code

170957

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

phenelzine sulfate

tui

T109

T121

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