Gedocarnil (
INN
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) is an
anxiolytic
An anxiolytic (; also antipanic or anti-anxiety 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 ...
of the
β-carboline family related to
abecarnil
Abecarnil (developmental code name ZK-112,119) is an anxiolytic drug from the β-carboline family. It is one of a relatively recently developed class of medicines known as the nonbenzodiazepines, which have similar effects to the older benzodia ...
. It is registered as an anxiolytic under the
WHO
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's
ATC classification system; however, there are no trade names associated with it and it does not appear to have ever been marketed.
See also
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Substituted β-carboline
A substituted β-carboline is a chemical compound featuring a β-carboline moiety (chemistry), moiety with one or more chemical substituent, substitutions. β-Carbolines include more than one hundred alkaloids and synthetic compounds. The effect ...
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Nonbenzodiazepine
Nonbenzodiazepines (), sometimes referred to colloquially as Z-drugs (as many of their names begin with the letter "z"), are a class of psychoactive, depressant, sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic drugs that are benzodiazepine-like in uses, such as f ...
References
Anxiolytics
Beta-Carbolines
4-Chlorophenyl compounds
Carboxylate esters
Ethers
Phenol ethers
GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators
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