vigabatrin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 4821

Synonyms: CPP-109 | Kigabeq® | MDL-71754 | Sabril®
Approved drug
vigabatrin is an approved drug (FDA (2009), EMA (2018))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: The approved drug vigabatrin is a mixture to two stereoisomers: an R(-)- form (see PubChem CID 157018) and an S(+)-form (see PubChem CID 10219440). Only the S(+)-form is pharmacologically active. The structure shown here does not specify stereochemistry and represents the mixture.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 63.32
Molecular weight 129.08
XLogP 0.05
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES NC(C=C)CCC(=O)O
Isomeric SMILES NC(C=C)CCC(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C6H11NO2/c1-2-5(7)3-4-6(8)9/h2,5H,1,3-4,7H2,(H,8,9)
InChI Key PJDFLNIOAUIZSL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the treatment of epilepsy as an adjunctive therapy in treatment-resistant cases for refractory complex partial seizures, and secondary generalized seizures. Also used alone for infantile spasms in West syndrome.
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Increases concentrations of GABA in the brain by irreversibly inhibiting the enzymes that catabolize it.
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