Idazoxan

Uses

alpha2-adrenergic blocker

Definition

ChEBI: A benzodioxine that is 2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxine in which one of the hydrogens at position 2 has been replaced by a 4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl group.

Metabolic pathway

When rats are administered radio-labeled idazoxan orally, the biotransformation of idazoxan is by hydroxylation at the 6- and 7-positions to form phenolic metabolites, which are excreted as glucuronide and sulfate metabolites in the urine, but unconjugated in the feces. Other minor metabolic pathways are 5-hydroxylation or oxidative degradation of the imidazoline ring, but these pathways are of quantitatively minor importance in rats.