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Also known as loxtidine

Lavoltidine (INN, USAN, BAN; previously known as loxtidine; development code AH-23,844) is a highly potent and selective H2 receptor antagonist which was under development by Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease but was discontinued due to the discovery that it produced gastric carcinoid tumors in rodents.

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359.232
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chemical formula
C₁₉H₂₉N₅O₂
canonical SMILES
CN1C(=NC(=N1)CO)NCCCOC2=CC=CC(=C2)CN3CCCCC3
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Lavoltidine
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
lavoltidine
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Lavoltidine (INN, USAN, BAN; previously known as loxtidine; development code AH-23,844) is a highly potent and selective H2 receptor antagonist which was under development by Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease but was discontinued due to the discovery that it produced gastric carcinoid tumors in rodents.

==See also== H2 receptor antagonist Sufotidine (analogous sequence in which a sulfonyl group replaces the hydroxyl group)

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