Benmoxin

Benmoxin
Systematic (IUPAC) name
	N'-(1-phenylethyl)benzohydrazide
Clinical data
Legal status	℞ (Prescription only);
Routes of; administration	Oral
Identifiers
CAS Number	7654-03-7
ATC code	None
PubChem	CID: 71671
ChemSpider	64728
UNII	XC9FY2SGBG
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1877495
Chemical data
Formula	C15H16N2O
Molecular mass	240.30 g/mol
	SMILES O=C(NNC(c1ccccc1)C)c2ccccc2 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C15H16N2O/c1-12(13-8-4-2-5-9-13)16-17-15(18)14-10-6-3-7-11-14/h2-12,16H,1H3,(H,17,18) ; Key:BEWNZPMDJIGBED-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;
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Benmoxin (trade names Neuralex, Nerusil), also known as mebamoxine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) of the hydrazine class.^[1]^[2] It was synthesized in 1967 and was subsequently used as an antidepressant in Europe, but is now no longer marketed.^[1]^[2]

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