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heptaminol
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Heptaminol is an amino alcohol which is classified as a cardiac stimulant (positive inotropic action). It also increases coronary blood flow along with mild peripheral vasoconstriction. It is sometimes used in the treatment of low blood pressure, particularly orthostatic hypotension as it is a potent positive inotrope (improving cardiac contraction).
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Vinony's link graph records 1,560 inbound references to heptaminol, and connects out to D-methamphetamine, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System and indopan.
It is catalogued under topics including Amines, Chembox having GHS data and Chembox image size set.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H19NO
- Molecular weight
- 145.24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 6-amino-2-methylheptan-2-ol
- SMILES
- CC(CCCC(C)(C)O)N
- InChIKey
- LREQLEBVOXIEOM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 46.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- cardiovascular disease
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Research
143 papers- Ginkgo biloba, troxerutin and heptaminol chlorhydrate combined treatment for the management of venous insufficiency and hemorrhoidal crises.European review for medical and pharmacological sciences · 2022
- Is heptaminol a (major) metabolite of octodrine?Drug testing and analysis · 2019
- Heptaminol hair testing to highlight octodrine contamination in supplements, responsible for a doping adverse analytical finding.Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry · 2025
- [Modern trends in combined treatment of hemorrhoids: topical form Tribenoside + Lidocaine and phlebotonic Ginkgo biloba + Troxerutin + Heptaminol].Khirurgiia · 2022
- Hair Lightening Following Heptaminol Treatment in a Hemodialysis Patient.American journal of therapeutics · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 145.147
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₉NO
- canonical SMILES
- CC(CCCC(C)(C)O)N
- Commons category
- Heptaminol
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Use in doping
- See also
- References
Heptaminol is an amino alcohol which is classified as a cardiac stimulant (positive inotropic action). It also increases coronary blood flow along with mild peripheral vasoconstriction. It is sometimes used in the treatment of low blood pressure, particularly orthostatic hypotension as it is a potent positive inotrope (improving cardiac contraction).
==Use in doping== Heptaminol is classified by the World Anti-Doping Agency as a doping substance. In 2008, the cyclist Dmitriy Fofonov tested positive for heptaminol at the Tour de France. In June 2010, the swimmer Frédérick Bousquet tested positive. In 2013, the cyclist Sylvain Georges tested positive at the Giro d'Italia. In 2014, baseball player Joel Piniero tested positive as well as St. Louis Cardinals minor league baseball player Yeison Medina.
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