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Minaprine

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Routes of administration
  
Oral

Biological half-life
  
2-2.5 hours

Molar mass
  
298.383 g/mol

ATC code
  
N06AX07 (WHO)

CAS Number
  
25905-77-5

Minaprine

AHFS/Drugs.com
  
International Drug Names

Legal status
  
In general: ℞ (Prescription only)

Minaprine (INN, USAN, BAN) (brand names Brantur, Cantor) is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant drug that was used in France for the treatment of depression until it was withdrawn from the market in 1996 because it caused convulsions.

A study found that it acts as a reversible inhibitor of MAO-A (RIMA) in rats. In a study it has also been found to weakly inhibit acetylcholinesterase in rat brain (striatum) homogenates.

References

Minaprine Wikipedia