Article
Fluoroalkylation of Dextromethorphan Improves CNS Exposure and Metabolic Stability
2021-04-28
Abstract excerpt
Aryl-methyl ethers, while present in many bioactive compounds, are subject to rapid O-dealkylation that can generate bio-inactive or toxic metabolites. As an example, the cough suppressant dextromethorphan undergoes such a P450 mediated O-dealkylation to provide the psychoactive phenolic metabolite dextrorphan. This metabolite antagonizes the NMDA receptor causing hallucinations, which encourages recreational abus...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b19bbbd6-dbfc-5626-a758-8d38ac63f1e8
- DOI
- 10.26434/chemrxiv.14495748.v1
