Mexidol: a spectrum of pharmacological effects

Author:
T.A. Voronin

Nii pharmacology named after V.V. Zakusov RAMS, Moscow

Place of publication:
a journal of neurology and psychiatry, No. 12, 2012

Summary:
Mexidol (2-El-methyl-3-gydro Xipina Ridina Succinate)-a domestic original antioxidant and anti-hyphyxant, created at the Research Institute of Pharmacology of the RAMS in the mid-80s. Mexol consists of two related and functionally significant compounds: 2-ethyl-6-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine and amber acid. The presence of 3-hydroxypyridine in the structure of Mexidol provides a complex of its antioxidant and membranotropic effects, the ability to reduce glutamate excanitotoxicity, modulate the functioning of receptors, which fundamentally distinguishes Mexol from other preparations containing amber acid. The presence of succinate in the structure of Mexidol distinguishes it from Emoxypin and other 3-oxypyridine derivatives, since the succinate is functionally significant for many processes occurring in the body and, in particular, is a substrate for increasing energy metabolism in the cell.

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