Zoxazolamine

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Other namesMcN-485
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)[1]
Zoxazolamine
Clinical data
Other namesMcN-485
Routes of
administration
Oral
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)[1]
Identifiers
  • 5-Chloro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-amine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC7H5ClN2O
Molar mass168.58 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1=CC2=C(C=C1Cl)N=C(O2)N
  • InChI=InChI=1S/C7H5ClN2O/c8-4-1-2-6-5(3-4)10-7(9)11-6/h1-3H,(H2,9,10)
  • Key:YGCODSQDUUUKIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Zoxazolamine (INN, USAN, BAN) (brand name Contrazole, Deflexol, Flexin, Miazol, Uri-Boi, Zoxamine, Zoxine) is a muscle relaxant that is no longer marketed.[2][3] It was synthesized in 1953 and introduced clinically in 1955 but was withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity.[2][3][4] One of its active metabolites, chlorzoxazone, was found to show less toxicity, and was subsequently marketed in place of zoxazolamine.[4] These drugs activate IKCa channels.[5]

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