Loxapine

Loxapine is an orally active dopamine inhibitor, 5-HT receptor antagonist and also a dibenzoxazepine anti-psychotic agent[1][4].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[1977-10-2]

UNSPSC

12352005

Hazard Statement

H301

Target

5-HT Receptor; Bacterial; Dopamine Receptor

Type

Reference compound

Related Pathways

Anti-infection; GPCR/G Protein; Neuronal Signaling

Applications

Neuroscience-Neuromodulation

Field of Research

Neurological Disease

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/Loxapine.html

Concentration

10mM

Purity

99.93

Solubility

DMSO : ≥ 33.33 mg/mL

Smiles

CN1CCN(C2=NC3=CC=CC=C3OC4=CC=C(Cl)C=C24)CC1

Molecular Formula

C18H18ClN3O

Molecular Weight

327.81

Precautions

H301

References & Citations

[1]Singh AN, et al. A neurochemical basis for the antipsychotic activity of loxapine: interactions with dopamine D1, D2, D4 and serotonin 5-HT2 receptor subtypes. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 1996 Jan;21 (1) :29-35.|[2]Labuzek K, et al. Chlorpromazine and loxapine reduce interleukin-1beta and interleukin-2 release by rat mixed glial and microglial cell cultures. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005 Jan;15 (1) :23-30.|[3]Lee T, et al. Loxapine and clozapine decrease serotonin (S2) but do not elevate dopamine (D2) receptor numbers in the rat brain. Psychiatry Res. 1984 Aug;12 (4) :277-85.|[4]Kalkman HO, et al. Clozapine inhibits catalepsy induced by olanzapine and loxapine, but prolongs catalepsy induced by SCH 23390 in rats. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1997 Mar;355 (3) :361-4.|[5]Keating GM. Loxapine inhalation powder: a review of its use in the acute treatment of agitation in patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. CNS Drugs. 2013 Jun;27 (6) :479-89.|[6]Yang CY, et al. Loxapine, an antipsychotic drug, suppresses intracellular multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in macrophages. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2019 Aug;52 (4) :638-647.