bupropion hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt of the aminoketone bupropion, with antidepressant activity and for potential use in promoting smoking cessation and improving sexual desire. Bupropion is a weak blocker of the neuronal uptake of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine and is a central nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
| US brand name: | Amfebutamone Forfivo XL Wellbutrin Zyban |
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| Code name: | BW 323U66 |
| Chemical structure: | (+-)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]-1-propanone hydrochloride |