Tetrindole Explained
Tetrindole was a drug candidate that functions by reversibly inhibiting monoamine oxidase A; it was first synthesized in Moscow in the early 1990s.[1] Tetrindole is similar in its chemical structure to pirlindole (Pyrazidol), and metralindole.[2]
Notes and References
- Medvedev AE, Kirkel AA, Kamyshanskaya NS, Moskvitina TA, Axenova LN, Gorkin VZ, Andreeva NI, Golovina SM, Mashkovsky MD . 6 . Monoamine oxidase inhibition by novel antidepressant tetrindole . Biochemical Pharmacology . 47 . 2 . 303–8 . January 1994 . 8304974 . 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90021-3 .
- Ramsay RR, Gravestock MB . Monoamine oxidases: to inhibit or not to inhibit . Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry . 3 . 2 . 129–36 . March 2003 . 12570845 . 10.2174/1389557033405287 .