Cyclorphan is an
opioid
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analgesic of the
morphinan
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Structure
Morphinan has a phenanthrene core struct ...
family that was never marketed.
It acts as a
μ-opioid receptor
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(MOR) weak
partial agonist
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or
antagonist,
κ-opioid receptor
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(KOR)
full agonist
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, and, to a much lesser extent,
δ-opioid receptor
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(DOR) agonist (75-fold lower
affinity
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relative to the KOR).
The drug was first synthesized in 1964 by scientists at
Research Corporation
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.
US Patent 3,285,922
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s, it had relatively long duration, good absorption, and provided strong pain relief but produced psychotomimetic A drug with psychotomimetic (also known as psychotogenic) actions mimics the symptoms of psychosis, including delusions and/or delirium, as opposed to only hallucinations. Psychotomimesis is the onset of psychotic symptoms following the administrati ...
effects via KOR activation, so its development was not continued.
See also
* Butorphanol
Butorphanol is a morphinan-type synthetic agonist–antagonist opioid analgesic developed by Bristol-Myers. Butorphanol is most closely structurally related to levorphanol. Butorphanol is available as the tartrate salt in injectable, tablet, and ...
* Levomethorphan
Levomethorphan (LVM) ( INN, BAN) is an opioid analgesic of the morphinan family that has never been marketed. It is the L-stereoisomer of racemethorphan (methorphan). The effects of the two isomers of the racemethorphan are quite different, with ...
* Levorphanol
Levorphanol (brand name Levo-Dromoran) is an opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is the levorotatory enantiomer of the compound racemorphan. Its dextrorotatory counterpart is dextrorphan.
It was first described in Ge ...
* Nalbuphine
Nalbuphine, sold under the brand names Nubain among others, is an opioid analgesic which is used in the treatment of pain. It is given by injection into a vein, muscle, or fat.
Side effects of nalbuphine include sedation, sweatiness, clamm ...
* Oxilorphan
* Proxorphan
* Xorphanol
References
Synthetic opioids
Kappa-opioid receptor agonists
Delta-opioid receptor agonists
Dissociative drugs
Morphinans
Phenols
Cyclopropanes
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