hydroxyzine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7199

Synonyms: Atarax® | hydroxyzine hydrochloride | hydroxyzine pamoate | Vistaril®
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
hydroxyzine is an approved drug (FDA (1956))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Hydroxyzine is a first-generation diphenylmethane and piperazine class antihistamine. Second-generation antihistamine cetirizine is one of the metabolites of hydroxyzine, but cetirizine differs in that it appears not to cross the blood-brain barrier to any significant level.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 4
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 35.94
Molecular weight 374.18
XLogP 2.71
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
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.

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Canonical SMILES OCCOCCN1CCN(CC1)C(c1ccc(cc1)Cl)c1ccccc1
Isomeric SMILES OCCOCCN1CCN(CC1)C(c1ccc(cc1)Cl)c1ccccc1
InChI InChI=1S/C21H27ClN2O2/c22-20-8-6-19(7-9-20)21(18-4-2-1-3-5-18)24-12-10-23(11-13-24)14-16-26-17-15-25/h1-9,21,25H,10-17H2
InChI Key ZQDWXGKKHFNSQK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
The sedative action of hydroxyzine is used to treat anxiety and tension and is combined with other medications in anesthesia. Hydroxyzine may also be used to control nausea and vomiting and be used as an antihistamine to control pruritic symptoms.
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Hydroxyzine's predominant mechanism of action is as a potent H1 receptor inverse agonist. Hydroxyzine acts to block the action of endogenous histamine at the histamine H1 receptor. The sedative action of the drug may be due to central anticholinergic activity, but this is less clearly understood.
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Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)