Moracizine

Moracizine
Clinical data
Trade names	Ethmozine
Other names	Moricizine (USAN US)
AHFS/Drugs.com	Consumer Drug Information
MedlinePlus	a601214
Pregnancy; category	B (U.S.);
ATC code	C01BG01 (WHO) ;
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability	34–38%
Protein binding	95%
Elimination half-life	3–4 hours (healthy volunteers), 6–13 hours (cardiac disease)
Identifiers
	IUPAC name ethyl [10-(3-morpholin-4-ylpropanoyl)-10H-phenothiazin-2-yl]carbamate;
CAS Number	31883-05-3 ;
PubChem CID	34633;
IUPHAR/BPS	7244;
DrugBank	DB00680 ;
ChemSpider	31872 ;
UNII	2GT1D0TMX1;
KEGG	D05077 ;
ChEBI	CHEBI:6997 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1075 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID4023335 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.046.216
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C22H25N3O4S
Molar mass	427.52 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES O=C(OCC)Nc2cc1N(c3c(Sc1cc2)cccc3)C(=O)CCN4CCOCC4;
	InChI InChI=1S/C22H25N3O4S/c1-2-29-22(27)23-16-7-8-20-18(15-16)25(17-5-3-4-6-19(17)30-20)21(26)9-10-24-11-13-28-14-12-24/h3-8,15H,2,9-14H2,1H3,(H,23,27) ; Key:FUBVWMNBEHXPSU-UHFFFAOYSA-N ;

Moracizine^[1] or moricizine, sold under the trade name Ethmozine, is an antiarrhythmic of class IC.^[2] It was used for the prophylaxis and treatment of serious and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias,^[3] but was withdrawn in 2007 for commercial reasons.^[4]

^ "The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2009. p. 103.
^ Ahmmed GU, Hisatome I, Kurata Y, Makita N, Tanaka Y, Tanaka H, et al. (March 2002). "Analysis of moricizine block of sodium current in isolated guinea-pig atrial myocytes. Atrioventricular difference of moricizine block". Vascular Pharmacology. 38 (3): 131–41. doi:10.1016/S1537-1891(02)00213-6. PMID 12402511.
^ British National Formulary (59th ed.). British Medical Journal Publishing Group, Pharmaceutical Press. 2010.
^ "Shire Announces Ethmozine will be Available until December 31, 2007". Heart Rhythm Society. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

[1] "The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2009. p. 103.

[2] Ahmmed GU, Hisatome I, Kurata Y, Makita N, Tanaka Y, Tanaka H, et al. (March 2002). "Analysis of moricizine block of sodium current in isolated guinea-pig atrial myocytes. Atrioventricular difference of moricizine block". Vascular Pharmacology. 38 (3): 131–41. doi:10.1016/S1537-1891(02)00213-6. PMID 12402511.

[3] British National Formulary (59th ed.). British Medical Journal Publishing Group, Pharmaceutical Press. 2010.

[4] "Shire Announces Ethmozine will be Available until December 31, 2007". Heart Rhythm Society. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

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