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Polycyclic Compounds > Bridged-Ring Compounds > Adamantane > Amantadine
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Bridged-Ring Compounds > Adamantane > Amantadine
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Adamantane > Amantadine
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Adamantane > Amantadine

Preferred term

Amantadine  

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Entry terms

  • 1 Aminoadamantane
  • 1-Aminoadamantane
  • Adamantylamine

Scope note

  • An antiviral that is used in the prophylactic or symptomatic treatment of influenza A. It is also used as an antiparkinsonian agent, to treat extrapyramidal reactions, and for postherpetic neuralgia. The mechanisms of its effects in movement disorders are not well understood but probably reflect an increase in synthesis and release of dopamine, with perhaps some inhibition of dopamine uptake.

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  • 68(65)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000547

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