Chemistry:Etafedrine

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Short description: Chemical compound
Etafedrine
Etafedrine.svg
Clinical data
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S2 (Pharmacy medicine)
  • BR: Class D1 (Drug precursors)
  • Withdrawn from market
Identifiers
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PubChem CID
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC12H19NO
Molar mass193.290 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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Etafedrine (INN) or ethylephedrine is a long-acting bronchodilator and has the brand name Nethaprin. It was previously commercially available as both the free base and as the hydrochloride salt from Sanofi-Aventis (now Sanofi) but is now no longer marketed.

Pharmacology

Unlike ephedrine and tyramine, etafedrine does not induce the release of epinephrine or norepinephrine and instead acts as a selective β2 adrenoreceptor agonist, thereby mediating its bronchodilator effects.[1]

See also

References

  1. "On the mechanism of bronchodilatation by etafedrine". Arzneimittel-Forschung 35 (3): 602–4. 1985. PMID 4039586.