Echinopsidine

Echinopsidine
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Systematic (IUPAC) name
	1-Methyl-2,3-dihydroquinolin-4-imine
Clinical data
Routes of; administration	Oral
Legal status
Legal status	℞ (Prescription only);
Identifiers
CAS Number	2400-75-1 ; 58916-73-7 (hydroiodide)
ATC code	none
PubChem	CID 161462
ChemSpider	141825
Synonyms	Echinopsidine Iodide
Chemical data
Formula	C10H12N2
Molar mass	160.22 g/mol[[Script error: No such module "String".]]

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Echinopsidine (Adepren) is an antidepressant used in Bulgaria for the treatment of depression.^[1]^[2] It increases serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine levels in the brain and is believed to act as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).^[3]^[4]^[5] Echinopsidine is found naturally in Echinops echinatus along with the related alkaloids echinopsine and echinozolinone.^[6]

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↑ Guliamov MG (1982). "[Experience with the use of new Bulgarian psychotropic drugs]". Zhurnal Nevropatologii I Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952) (in Russian). 82 (11): 115–22. PMID 6758442.
↑ Guliamov MG (1986). "[Comparative evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of the antidepressants adepren, linamiphen and emovit]". Zhurnal Nevropatologii I Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952) (in Russian). 86 (4): 582–7. PMID 3716711.
↑ Tiutiulkova N, Gorancheva Iu (1978). "[Effect of adepren on the cerebral concentration of serotonin]". Eksperimentalna Meditsina I Morfologiia (in Bulgarian). 17 (2): 83–5. PMID 658004.
↑ Stefanova D, Tiutiulkova N, Nikolova M (1976). "[Effect of adepren on the behavior and brain catecholamines of rats in an open field setup]". Eksperimentalna Meditsina I Morfologiia (in Bulgarian). 15 (1): 42–6. PMID 1269462.
↑ Tiutiulkova NI, Gorancheva IuI (1975). "[Excretion of dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, vanilmandelic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in the urine of volunteers treated with adepren]". Eksperimentalna Meditsina I Morfologiia (in Bulgarian). 14 (4): 187–9. PMID 1222713.
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