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Chirality of antidepressive drugs: an overview of stereoselectivity Cover

Chirality of antidepressive drugs: an overview of stereoselectivity

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|Apr 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Enantiomers and metabolites of citalopram.
Enantiomers and metabolites of citalopram.

Figure 2

Enantiomers and metabolites of fluoxetine.
Enantiomers and metabolites of fluoxetine.

Figure 3

Stereoisomers of sertraline.
Stereoisomers of sertraline.

Figure 4

Stereoisomers of paroxetine.
Stereoisomers of paroxetine.

Figure 5

Enantiomers and metabolites of venlafaxine.
Enantiomers and metabolites of venlafaxine.

Figure 6

Enantiomers of duloxetine.
Enantiomers of duloxetine.

Figure 7

Stereoisomers of milnacipran.
Stereoisomers of milnacipran.

Figure 8

Stereoisomers of reboxetine.
Stereoisomers of reboxetine.

Figure 9

Enantiomers and metabolites of bupropion.
Enantiomers and metabolites of bupropion.

Figure 10

Enantiomers of selegiline.
Enantiomers of selegiline.

Figure 11

Enantiomers of mianserin.
Enantiomers of mianserin.

Figure 12

Enantiomers of mirtazapine.
Enantiomers of mirtazapine.

Classification of chiral antidepressant drugs

ClassGeneric nameBrand nameAvailable asMore active form
SSRIcitalopramCelexa, Cipramil, Zetalo, LexaproRacemate and (S)-citalopram(S)-citalopram
fluoxetineProzac, Sarafem, RapifluxRacemate and (S)-fluoxetine(S)-fluoxetine
sertralineZoloft, Actiser, Bioserene, Episod, MentoliftRacemate and (+)-cis-(1S,4S)-sertraline(+)-cis-(1S,4S)-sertraline
SNRIparoxetinePaxil, Brisdelle, Paxil CR, Pexeva(−)-trans-(3S,4R)-paroxetine(−)-trans-(3S,4R)-paroxetine
venlafaxineEffexor, Effexor XRRacemate(R)-venlafaxine
duloxetineCymbalta, Drizalma Sprinkle, Irenka(S)-duloxetine(S)-duloxetine
milnacipranIxel, Savella, Dalcipran, ToledominMixture of d-milnacipran (1S,2R) and l-milnacipran (1R,2S)d-milnacipran (1S,2R)
NRIreboxetineEdronax, PfizerMixture of (S,R)-reboxetine, (R,R)-, (R,S)-reboxetine (S,S)-reboxetine(S,S)-reboxetine
NDRIbupropionWellbutrin, ZybanRacemate(R)-bupropion
MAOIselegilineEldepryl, ZelaparRacemate(+)-selegiline
TeCAmianserinBonserin, Tolvon, Athimil, Depnon, Deprexolet, Lantanon, Lerivon, Demisone, and othersRacemate(S)-mianserin
NASSAmirtazapineRemeron, Mirataz, and othersRacemate(S)-mirtazapine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 69
Published on: Apr 29, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2022 Vinod Kumar Vashistha, Sonika Sethi, Inderjeet Tyagi, Dipak Kumar Das, published by Chulalongkorn University
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