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Synonyms: (S)-(+)-Ketamine | (S)-Ketamine | Spravato®
esketamine is an approved drug (EMA & FDA (2019))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: As the ketamine (S) enatiomer esketamine is twice as potent and has a more medically useful pharmacological action than racemic ketamine. Part of this advantage arises from inhibition of dopamine transporters.
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Bioactivity Comments |
Displacement assay results for several species were reported but nothing specifically for binding to human NMDA nor its subunits. More recently, esketamine has been reported as a blocker of tri-heteromeric GluN1-2B-2D NMDA receptors [1-2]. |