Tetrindole was a drug candidate that functions by
reversibly inhibiting monoamine oxidase A
Monoamine oxidase A, also known as MAO-A, is an enzyme ( E.C. 1.4.3.4) that in humans is encoded by the ''MAOA'' gene. This gene is one of two neighboring gene family members that encode mitochondrial enzymes which catalyze the oxidative dea ...
; it was first synthesized in Moscow in the early 1990s. Tetrindole is similar in its chemical structure to
pirlindole (Pyrazidol), and
metralindole.
See also
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List of Russian drugs
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References
Carbazoles
Reversible inhibitors of MAO-A
Abandoned drugs
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Russian drugs
Cyclohexyl compounds
Substances discovered in the 1990s
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