guanethidine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7194

Synonyms: Ismelin® | SU-5864
Approved drug
guanethidine is an approved drug (FDA (1960))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Marketed formulations may contain guanethidine monosulfate (PubChem CID 86471).
2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the CDK toolkit. All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 65.14
Molecular weight 198.18
XLogP 1.46
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES NC(=N)NCCN1CCCCCCC1
Isomeric SMILES NC(=N)NCCN1CCCCCCC1
InChI InChI=1S/C10H22N4/c11-10(12)13-6-9-14-7-4-2-1-3-5-8-14/h1-9H2,(H4,11,12,13)
InChI Key ACGDKVXYNVEAGU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used to treat hypertension.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Guanethidine is a substrate of the norepinephrine transporter, NET (SLC6A2). The drug is transported into storage granules in sympathetic neurones in place of endogenous ligand, and thereby decreases teh quantity of norepinephrine available for release across the synapse. This action reduces neurotransmitter release, subsequent postganglionic adrenoceptor activation and ultimately reduces arteriolar vasoconstriction. See the DrugBank link for further details.
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Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)