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Description: GABA uptake inhibitor
Chemical Name: (±)-3-Piperidine carboxylic acid
Biological Activity for (±)-Nipecotic acid
GABA uptake inhibitor. IC50 values are 8, 38, 106 and 2370 μM for hGAT-1, rGAT-2, hGAT-3 and hBGT-1 respectively.
Technical Data for (±)-Nipecotic acid
| M. Wt | 129.16 |
| Formula | C6H11NO2 |
| Storage | Store at RT |
| CAS Number | 60252-41-7 |
| PubChem ID | 4498 |
| InChI Key | XJLSEXAGTJCILF-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Smiles | O=C(C1CNCCC1)O |
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References for (±)-Nipecotic acid
References are publications that support the biological activity of the product.
Borden et al (1994) Tiagabine, SK&F 89976-A, CI 966, and NNC-711 are selective for the cloned GABA transporter GAT-1. Eur.J.Pharmacol. 269 219 PMID: 7851497
Krogsgaard-Larsen et al (1981) GABA agonists, antagonists and uptake inhibitors. Design and therapeutic aspects. J.Med.Chem. 24 1377 PMID: 6118436
Schousboe et al (1979) Effects of GABA analogues of restricted conformation on GABA transport in astrocytes and brain cortex slices and on GABA binding. J.Neurochem. 33 181 PMID: 458448
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1 Citation for (±)-Nipecotic acid
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Reali et al (2011) GABAergic signalling in a neurogenic niche of the turtle spinal cord. J Physiol 589 5633 PMID: 21911613
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