Synonyms: Acuphase® | cis(Z)-cloflupentixol | Cisordinol® | Clopixol® | NSC 64087 | NSC169185
zuclopenthixol is an approved drug
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Zuclopenthixol is a thioxanthene class typical antipsychotic. Chemically it is the cis-isomer of clopenthixol. The CAS registry number (53772-83-1) submitted with the WHO INN record for zuclopenthixol maps to PubChem CID 5311507.
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Bioactivity Comments |
Zuclopenthixol (cis(Z)-cloflupentixol) blocks contralateral circling behaviour in unilaterally 6-hydroxy-dopamine lesioned rats stimulated by either dopamine D1 or D2 receptor agonists [1], supporting its antagonist effects at both receptor subtypes. PET imaging in human subjects shows zuclopenthixol occupancy of dopamine D2 receptors at concentrations high enough to cause sedation [2]. As there appears to be no publicly available affinity data for this drug at its human molecular targets we have not mapped primary drug targets in this instance. |