Novas estratégias terapêuticas para o tratamento da depressão: uma visão da química medicinal

Depression is a widespread humor disturbance promoted mainly by depletion of biogenic neurotransmitter amines involved in the CNS synapses. Effective drug treatments for depression have been available for more than forty years. Despite its remarkable structural diversity, this paper discuss under the medicinal chemistry point of view, all different classes of "monoamine based" antidepressant drugs, emphasizing the rational design, structure-activity relationships (SAR), biotransformation and physico-chemical properties related with antidepressant activity and molecular mechanism of action.

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Main Authors: Romeiro,Luiz Antonio Soares, Fraga,Carlos Alberto Manssour, Barreiro,Eliezer J.
Format: Digital revista
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2003
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422003000300012
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Summary:Depression is a widespread humor disturbance promoted mainly by depletion of biogenic neurotransmitter amines involved in the CNS synapses. Effective drug treatments for depression have been available for more than forty years. Despite its remarkable structural diversity, this paper discuss under the medicinal chemistry point of view, all different classes of "monoamine based" antidepressant drugs, emphasizing the rational design, structure-activity relationships (SAR), biotransformation and physico-chemical properties related with antidepressant activity and molecular mechanism of action.