Noncompetitive AMPA receptor antagonist. Prepn: F. Andrasi et al., EP 492485; eidem, US 5536832 (1992, 1996 both to Gyogyszerkutato Intezet KFT). Enantioselective synthesis: I. Ling et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1995, 1423. HPLC determn in plasma: J. A. Eckstein, S. P. Swanson, J. Chromatogr. B 668, 153 (1995). Stereoselective electropharmacology and neuroprotective effects: D. Lodge et al., Neuropharmacology 35, 1681 (1996). Review of manufacturing process: B. A. Anderson et al. in Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry, K. G. Gadamasetti, Ed. (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1999) pp 263-282. Review of clinical development: C. Q. Meng, Curr. Opin. Cent. Peripher. Nerv. Syst. Invest. Drugs 1, 637-643 (1999).
Anticonvulsant.
Anticonvulsant; AMPA Receptor Antagonist