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                                                                Synonyms: H 168/68 | Losec® | Prilosec®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                omeprazole is an approved drug (FDA (1989)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: This approved drug omeprazole is a racemic mixture of the R and S stereoisomers. Omeprazole is a potassium-transporting ATPase inhibitor, commonly referred to as a proton pump inhibitor.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                View more information in the IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project: omeprazole  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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| Bioactivity Comments | 
| The only bioactivity data available for this compound arises from experiments using cells isolated from rabbit and dog stomach [1-2], and therefore refers to the protein complexes forming the proton pump rather than to specific transporter subunits. | 
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