BHFF is a compound used in scientific research which acts as a

positive allosteric modulator In pharmacology and biochemistry, allosteric modulators are a group of substances that bind to a receptor to change that receptor's response to stimulus. Some of them, like benzodiazepines, are drugs. The site that an allosteric modulator binds to ...

at the GABA_B receptor. It has

anxiolytic An anxiolytic (; also antipanic or antianxiety agent) is a medication or other intervention that reduces anxiety. This effect is in contrast to anxiogenic agents which increase anxiety. Anxiolytic medications are used for the treatment of anxie ...

effects in animal studies, and good oral bioavailability.

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* Benzofurans Trifluoromethyl compounds Tertiary alcohols Furanones GABAB receptor positive allosteric modulators Tert-butyl compounds {{Anxiolytic-stub