doxapram   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7169

Synonyms: AHR-619 | Dopram®
Approved drug
doxapram is an approved drug (FDA (1965))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Doxapram is an analeptic, ie it is a central nervous system stimulant.
Marketed formulations may contain doxapram hydrochloride (PubChem CID 64647).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 6
Topological polar surface area 32.78
Molecular weight 378.23
XLogP 3.59
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CCN1CC(C(C1=O)(c1ccccc1)c1ccccc1)CCN1CCOCC1
Isomeric SMILES CCN1CC(C(C1=O)(c1ccccc1)c1ccccc1)CCN1CCOCC1
InChI InChI=1S/C24H30N2O2/c1-2-26-19-22(13-14-25-15-17-28-18-16-25)24(23(26)27,20-9-5-3-6-10-20)21-11-7-4-8-12-21/h3-12,22H,2,13-19H2,1H3
InChI Key XFDJYSQDBULQSI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Doxapram is used as a ventilatory stimulant in patients experiencing respiratory failure, or following anaestheia.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
The molecular targets of this drug are listed by ChEMBL as the potassium channel subfamily K members 3 and 9 (KCNK3 and KCNK9). Inhibition of these proteins in the carotid body (a small cluster of cells on the carotid artery whose chemoreceptors sense and respond to the partial pressure of oxygen, CO2, pH and temperature of arterial blood) is believed to cause respiratory stimulation. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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