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Aminorex solution

1.0 mg/mL in acetonitrile, ampule of 1 mL, certified reference material, Cerilliant®

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H10N2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
162.19
UNSPSC Code:
41116107

grade

certified reference material

form

liquid

feature

SNAP-N-SPIKE®. SNAP-N-SHOOT®

packaging

ampule of 1 mL

manufacturer/tradename

Cerilliant®

drug control

Narcotic Licence Schedule B (Switzerland); psicótropo (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IV (Portugal)

concentration

1.0 mg/mL in acetonitrile

technique(s)

gas chromatography (GC): suitable
liquid chromatography (LC): suitable

application(s)

forensics and toxicology
pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

single component solution

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

NC1=NCC(O1)c2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C9H10N2O/c10-9-11-6-8(12-9)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2,(H2,10,11)

InChI key

SYAKTDIEAPMBAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

An analytical reference standard suitable for use in LC/MS or GC/MS methods for clinical toxicology, forensic analysis, urine drug testing, or pharmaceutical research applications. Aminorex is an anorectic stimulant drug and appetite suppressant marketed under the names Menocil and Apiquel®. The drug was retired from the market after it was found to cause pulmonary hypertension.

Legal Information

Apiquel is a registered trademark of Puricorp Holdings LLC
CERILLIANT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Snap-N-Shoot is a registered trademark of Cerilliant Corporation
Snap-N-Spike is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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S P Gaine et al.
Chest, 118(5), 1496-1497 (2000-11-18)
Pulmonary hypertension has been associated with ingestion of the appetite suppressant aminorex. A similar compound, 4-methyl-aminorex (street names, "U-4-E-uh" [pronounced euphoria] or "ice"), is a "designer" drug with central stimulant activity. This drug was discovered on the property of three
Aminorex to fen/phen: an epidemic foretold.
A P Fishman
Circulation, 99(1), 156-161 (1999-01-13)
Alexander M Walker et al.
American heart journal, 152(3), 521-526 (2006-08-23)
Reports have linked anorexigen intake to an increased risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). With the rise in anorexigen use in the latter half of the last decade, we established a surveillance network within the United States to monitor temporal
Elisabetta Bertol et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 55(5), 1186-1189 (2011-05-03)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports that as of October 2010, 79% of all cocaine seized in the United States contained levamisole. The equine conversion of levamisole to aminorex has been demonstrated. However, the metabolic fate of levamisole in humans
Richard B Rothman et al.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 965, 109-126 (2002-07-10)
Several lines of evidence support a dual-deficit model of stimulant withdrawal in which decreases in synaptic dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) contribute to withdrawal symptoms, drug craving, and relapse. According to the dual-deficit model, DA dysfunction during withdrawal underlies anhedonia

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