meclizine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2757

Synonyms: Antivert® | Dramamine® | Sea-Legs®
Approved drug
meclizine is an approved drug (FDA (1957))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Meclizine is an antiemetic antihistamine drug.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 6.48
Molecular weight 390.19
XLogP 5.76
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES Clc1ccc(cc1)C(c1ccccc1)N1CCN(CC1)Cc1cccc(c1)C
Isomeric SMILES Clc1ccc(cc1)C(c1ccccc1)N1CCN(CC1)Cc1cccc(c1)C
InChI InChI=1S/C25H27ClN2/c1-20-6-5-7-21(18-20)19-27-14-16-28(17-15-27)25(22-8-3-2-4-9-22)23-10-12-24(26)13-11-23/h2-13,18,25H,14-17,19H2,1H3
InChI Key OCJYIGYOJCODJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the management of motion sickness to prevent symptoms of nausea, vomiting and dizziness.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
An antagonist at histamine H1 receptors, meclizine depresses labyrinth excitability and vestibular stimulation, and also acts as an anticholinergic agent, and central nervous system depressant with local anesthetic effects. However, we have been unable to find affinity data for this drug to substantiate this MMOA.