Fasiplon

Fasiplon

Fasiplon

Chemical compound

Fasiplon (RU 33203) is a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic drug from the imidazopyrimidine family of drugs.

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Fasiplon binds strongly to benzodiazepine sites on the GABAA receptor and has similar anxiolytic effects in animals, but with less sedative or muscle relaxant action.[1] It was developed by a team at Roussel Uclaf in the 1990s[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Tully WR, Gardner CR, Gillespie RJ, Westwood R (July 1991). "2-(oxadiazolyl)- and 2-(thiazolyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines as agonists and inverse agonists at benzodiazepine receptors". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34 (7): 2060–7. doi:10.1021/jm00111a021. PMID 1648620.
  2. [2]
    US Patent 5869481 Anticonvulsive 1-ar(alk)ylimidazolin-2-ones and process for making
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