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Phenylbiguanide

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Legal status
  
UN: Unscheduled

PubChem CID
  
4780

Formula
  
C8H11N5

Pubchem
  
4780

ChEMBL ID
  
13791

CAS Number
  
102-02-3

UNII
  
W8PKA3T2I3

Molar mass
  
177.206

ChEBI ID
  
75377

ChemSpider ID
  
4616

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Phenylbiguanide (PBG) is a 5-HT3 agonist used to study the role of 5-HT3 receptors in the central nervous system. It has been found to trigger dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of rats.

Derivatives

  • Phenylbiguanide is used to make amanozine and Benfosformin.

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