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L106

Sigma-Aldrich

Loxapine succinate salt

solid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H18ClN3O · C4H6O4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
445.90
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

form

solid

color

white

solubility

H2O: soluble

originator

Watson

SMILES string

CN(CC1)CCN1C2=NC3=C(C=CC=C3)OC4=C2C=C(Cl)C=C4.OC(CCC(O)=O)=O

InChI

1S/C18H18ClN3O.C4H6O4/c1-21-8-10-22(11-9-21)18-14-12-13(19)6-7-16(14)23-17-5-3-2-4-15(17)20-18;5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h2-7,12H,8-11H2,1H3;1-2H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)

InChI key

YQZBAXDVDZTKEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Biochem/physiol Actions

D2/D4 dopamine receptor antagonist; 5-HT2A/2B, 5-H7 serotonin receptor antagonist; dibenzoxazepine antipsychotic agent.

Features and Benefits

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Robert H Howland
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 50(1), 16-18 (2012-01-11)
Acute agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder is an important clinical management problem. Liquid concentrates, orally disintegrating tablets, and/or intramuscular formulations of several second-generation atypical antipsychotic drugs are available for treating acute agitation. Loxapine is an older first-generation
[Progress through formulation].
Heike Oberpichler-Schwenk
Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten, 36(7), 243-243 (2013-08-01)
B L Roth et al.
Psychopharmacology, 120(3), 365-368 (1995-08-01)
The affinities of 13 atypical and 12 typical antipsychotic drugs for the cloned rat D4 dopamine receptor and the D4/D2 ratios were examined. Of the atypical antipsychotic drugs tested, only clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, zotepine and tiospirone had affinities less than
H O Kalkman et al.
British journal of pharmacology, 124(7), 1550-1556 (1998-09-02)
1. The mechanism underlying the anticataleptic properties of the atypical neuroleptic agent, clozapine, has been investigated in the rat. 2.The close structural analogues of clozapine, loxapine (0.1 mg kg(-1) s.c.) and iso-clozapine (1 and 3 mg kg(-1) s.c.) induced catalepsy
R T Owen
Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), 49(3), 195-201 (2013-03-26)
The treatment of acute agitation in psychiatric patients has traditionally involved the use of oral or intramuscular benzodiazepines, antipsychotics or their combination. However, oral medication may have too slow an onset and while the intramuscular route is faster, it carries

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