Memantine is effective against Alzheimer′s disease and Parkinson′s disease. It is also useful in treating epilepsy, motor neurone disease and trauma.Antagonist at the NMDA receptor. Acts as a fast, voltage-dependent, open channel NMDA receptor blocker. Us
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Product Description
Memantine hydrochloride has been used:
· as a media supplement to serve as a control to study the neuroprotective effects of erythropoietin in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-induced toxicity
· to intraperitoneally inject experimental animal to study its effect on traumatic injury
· as a test compound to determine the dynamic range and selectivity of retinal pigment epithelium tissue penetration
This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as monoalkylamines. These are organic compounds containing an primary aliphatic amine group.
External Descriptors
hydrochloride
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