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piracetam   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 4288

Synonyms: Nootropil®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
piracetam is an approved drug (UK (1992))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Piracetam is a cyclic derivative of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid).

piracetam is commercially available from our sponsors

2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 63.4
Molecular weight 142.07
XLogP -1.52
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)

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Canonical SMILES NC(=O)CN1CCCC1=O
Isomeric SMILES NC(=O)CN1CCCC1=O
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10N2O2/c7-5(9)4-8-3-1-2-6(8)10/h1-4H2,(H2,7,9)
InChI Key GMZVRMREEHBGGF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Piracetam is approved in the UK for the treatment of myoclonus, in combination with other anti-myoclonic therapies. It is authorised for clinical use in other European nations, and Asian and South American countries, but is not approved by the US FDA.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Piracetam is a weak positive allosteric modulator of the AMPA receptor, but this may not be its primary mechanism of action, nor convey its clinical effects.
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For extended ADME data see the following:

Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)