Progabide

Progabide
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability60%
Protein binding95%
MetabolismHepatic
Elimination half-life4 hours
ExcretionRenal
Identifiers
  • 4-[(4-Chlorophenyl)-(5-fluoro-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-methylidene]aminobutanamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
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UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.057.872 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC17H16ClFN2O2
Molar mass334.78 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • Clc1ccc(cc1)/C(=N\CCCC(N)=O)c2cc(F)ccc2O
  • InChI=1S/C17H16ClFN2O2/c18-12-5-3-11(4-6-12)17(21-9-1-2-16(20)23)14-10-13(19)7-8-15(14)22/h3-8,10,22H,1-2,9H2,(H2,20,23)/b21-17+ checkY
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Progabide (INN; trade name Gabrene, Sanofi-Aventis) is an analogue and prodrug of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) used in the treatment of epilepsy. Via conversion into GABA, progabide behaves as an agonist of the GABAA, GABAB, and GABAA-ρ receptors.