orciprenaline   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7250

Synonyms: Alupent® | metaproterenol sulfate | TH-152
Approved drug
orciprenaline is an approved drug (FDA (1973))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Orciprenaline is a β-adrenoceptor agonist.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 4
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 72.72
Molecular weight 211.12
XLogP 1
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC(c1cc(O)cc(c1)O)CNC(C)C
Isomeric SMILES OC(c1cc(O)cc(c1)O)CNC(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C11H17NO3/c1-7(2)12-6-11(15)8-3-9(13)5-10(14)4-8/h3-5,7,11-15H,6H2,1-2H3
InChI Key LMOINURANNBYCM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used as a bronchodilator to treat asthma.There is no information regarding approval for clinical use of this drug on the European Medicines Agency website. Other national approval agencies may have granted marketing authorisation. The US FDA approval is for the formulation containing metaproterenol sulfate.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
As an agonist of β2-adrenoceptors on smooth muscle cells, orciprenaline causes relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle and eases breathing.
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