Drotaverine
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Molecular Structure
Detailed Description
IUPAC NAME-(Z)-1-(3,4-diethoxybenzylidene)-6,7-diethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline
MOLECULAR FORMULA-C24H31NO4
MOLAR MASS-397.507 g/mol
Drotaverine is an antispasmodic drug, structurally related to papaverine. Drotaverine is a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4, and has no anticholinergic effects
In 2010 Sanofi Aventis filed a patent with the European Patent Office for Droverine use in "the preparation of a medicament intended for the treatment or amelioration of benign prostatic hyperplasi
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