Piribedil dihydrochloride

• Supplier: Tocris Bioscience
• Catalog: 1093
• Prices: $129.00, $535.00
• Sizes: 10 mg, 50 mg
• Function Type: Agonist
• Cas Number: 1451048-94-4
• Chemical Name: 2-[4-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)-1-piperazinyl]pyrimidinedihydrochloride
• Formula: C16H18N4O2.2HCl
• Molecular Weight: 371.27
• Purity: >99 %
• Description: A direct dopamine agonist, in clinical use for treatment of dopaminergic system dysfunction. Recent work suggests that it is selective for the D 3 subtype, for which it has 20 times higher affinity than for D 2 , and possesses no significant affinity for D 1 receptors.

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