Product profile
Description of Tianeptine acid:
Tianeptine Acid is a drug used primarily in the treatment of major depressive disorder, although it may also be used to treat asthma or irritable bowel syndrome. Chemically it is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA), but it has different pharmacological properties than typical TCAs as recent research suggests that tianeptine produces its antidepressant effects through indirect alteration of glutamate receptor activity (i.e., AMPA receptors and NMDA receptors) and release of BDNF, in turn affecting neural plasticity.
Specification of Tianeptine acid:
Assay (on anhydrous basis) | 99%-101.0% | 99.50% |
Solubility | Freely soluble in water and methanol | Complies |
Identification | Reaction positive | Complies |
Related substance | Individual impurity: ≤0.1% | 0.080% |
| Total impurities: ≤0.4% | 0.230% |
Methanol | ≤ 0.3% | Not detected |
Dichloromethane | ≤ 0.06% | Not detected |
Ethyl acetate | ≤ 0.5% | 0.45% |
Water | ≤5.0% | 0.55% |
Appearance | White powder | off-white powder,hygroscopic |
Functions
Tianeptine has antidepressant and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) properties with a relative lack of sedative, anticholinergic and cardiovascular adverse effects, thus suggesting it is particularly suitable for use in the elderly and in those following alcohol withdrawal; such persons can be more sensitive to the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs. Recent results indicate possible anticonvulsant (anti-seizure) and analgesic (painkilling) activity of tianeptine via immediate or downstream modulation of adenosine A1 receptors (as the effects could be experimentally blocked by antagonists of this receptor).
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