Mepindolol

Chemical compound

Identifiers

CAS Number

PubChem CID

ChemSpider

UNII

KEGG

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

ECHA InfoCard100.041.650

Chemical and physical dataFormulaC₁₅H₂₂N₂O₂Molar mass262.353 g·mol⁻¹3D model (JSmol)

ChiralityRacemic mixture

InChI

InChI=1S/C15H22N2O2/c1-10(2)16-8-12(18)9-19-15-6-4-5-14-13(15)7-11(3)17-14/h4-7,10,12,16-18H,8-9H2,1-3H3
Key:NXWGWUVGUSFQJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Mepindolol (Betagon) is a non-selective beta blocker. It is used to treat glaucoma.^[1]

References

^ Schmid MG, Gecse O, Szabo Z, Kilár F, Gübitz G, Ali I, Aboul-Enein HY (September 2001). "Comparative study of the chiral resolution of β-blockers on cellulose tris (3,5-dimethyl-phenylcarbamate) phases in normal and reversed phase modes". Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies. 24 (16): 2493–2504. doi:10.1081/JLC-100105955.

Beta blockers (C07)

β, non-selective

β₁-selective

β₂-selective

α₁- + β-selective

Drugs used for glaucoma preparations and miosis (S01E)

muscarinic	Aceclidine Pilocarpine
muscarinic/nicotinic	Acetylcholine Carbachol
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors	Demecarium Ecothiopate Stigmine (Fluostigmine Neostigmine Physostigmine) Paraoxon