Product Description: Afloqualone-d7 (HQ-495-d7) is deuterium labeled Afloqualone. Afloqualone (HQ-495) is an orally active central muscle relaxant and antivertiginous agent that can increase the sensitivity of GABA receptors in neurons of the lateral vestibular nucleus. Afloqualone (HQ-495) can be used in the research of low back pain and neck-arm-shoulder syndrome[1][2][3].
Applications: Neuroscience-Neuromodulation
Formula: C16H7D7FN3O
References: [1]Russak EM, et al. Impact of Deuterium Substitution on the Pharmacokinetics of Pharmaceuticals. Ann Pharmacother. 2019;53(2):211-216./[2]Y Kudo, et al. Effects of afloqualone on vestibular nystagmus and the lateral vestibular nucleus. Jpn J Pharmacol. 1989 Aug;50(4):515-9./[3]A INOUE, et al. Clinical Effect of Afloqualone (HQ-495) on Low Back Pain and Neck-Arm-Shoulder Syndrome By a Double Blind Trial in Comparison with Tolperisone. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1981, 12(1): 137-154./[4]T Ochiai, et al. Pharmacological studies on 6-amino-2-fluoromethyl-3-(O-tolyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone (afloqualone), a new centrally acting muscle relaxant. (II) Effects on the spinal reflex potential and the rigidity. Jpn J Pharmacol. 1982 Jun;32(3):427-38.
Molecular Weight: 290.34
Research Area: Neurological Disease
Target: GABA Receptor;Isotope-Labeled Compounds