Nizofenone (Ekonal Midafenone) is a neuroprotective drug which protects neurons from death following cerebral anoxia (interruption of oxygen supply to the brain). It might thus be useful in the treatment […]
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Linopirdine
Linopirdine is a putative cognition-enhancing drug with a novel mechanism of action. Linopirdine blocks the KCNQ23 heteromer M current with an IC50 of 2.4nM disinhibiting acetylcholine release and increasing hippocampal […]
Pirisudanol
Pirisudanol (Mentis Menthen Mentium Nadex Nadexen Nadexon Pridana Stivane) also known as pyrisuccideanol is the succinic acid ester of pyridoxine (a form of vitamin B6) and of deanol (DMAE). It […]
Citicoline
Citicoline (INN) also known as cytidine diphosphate-choline (CDP-Choline) & cytidine 5′-diphosphocholine is a psychostimulant/nootropic. It is an intermediate in the generation of phosphatidylcholine from choline.Studies suggest that CDP-choline supplements increase […]
Fenozolone
Fenozolone (Ordinator) was developed by Laboratoires Dausse in the 1960s and is a psychoactive drug and stimulant related to pemoline and 4-methylaminorex which acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent (NDRA).
Propentofylline
Propentofylline (HWA 285) is a xanthine derivative with purported neuroprotective effects.
Streptolydigin
Streptolydigin (Stl) is an antibiotic that works by inhibiting nucleic acid chain elongation by binding to RNA polymerase thus inhibiting RNA synthesis inside a cell. Streptolydigin inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase […]
Otelixizumab
Otelixizumab also known as TRX4 is a monoclonal antibody which is being developed for the treatment of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. The antibody is being developed by […]
Temsirolimus
Temsirolimus (CCI-779) is an intravenous drug for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) developed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late […]
Dihydroetorphine
Dihydroetorphine was developed by K. W. Bentley at McFarlan-Smith in the 1960s and is a potent analgesic drug (painkiller) which is used mainly in China. It is a derivative of […]