DEXMEDETOMIDINE


Synonyms	Dexmedetomidine MPV-1440 Medetomidine, (s)- Precedex
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	N05CM18
UNII	67VB76HONO
EPA CompTox	DTXSID10873388


InChI Key	CUHVIMMYOGQXCV-NSHDSACASA-N
Smiles	Cc1cccc([C@H](C)c2c[nH]cn2)c1C
InChI	InChI=1S/C13H16N2/c1-9-5-4-6-12(10(9)2)11(3)13-7-14-8-15-13/h4-8,11H,1-3H3,(H,14,15)/t11-/m0/s1

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C13H16N2
Molecular Weight	200.28
AlogP	3.18
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	1.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	1.0
Number of Rotational Bond	2.0
Polar Surface Area	28.68
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	2.0
Heavy Atoms	15.0

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Membrane receptor Family A G protein-coupled receptor Small molecule receptor (family A GPCR) Monoamine receptor Adrenergic receptor	1.5-2.138	-	-	0.015-30.9	-

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Homo sapiens	1.5-2.138	-	-	2.5-30.9	-
Mus musculus	-	-	-	-	0.09-0.09
Rattus norvegicus	-	-	-	0.015-5	-

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Resources	Reference
ChEBI	4466
ChEMBL	CHEMBL778
DrugBank	DB00633
DrugCentral	835
FDA SRS	67VB76HONO
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0014771
Guide to Pharmacology	521
KEGG	C07450
PDB	CZX
PubChem	5311068
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL26433
ZINC	ZINC000004632106

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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