Elfazepam

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IUPAC_name = 7-chloro-1-(2-ethylsulfonylethyl)-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-3H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one

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CAS_number=52042-01-0
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PubChem=65445
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C=19 | H=18 | Cl=1 | F=1 | N=2 | O=3 | S=1
molecular_weight = 408.87
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Elfazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. Presumably it has sedative and anxiolytic actions like those of other benzodiazepines. It has appetite stimulating properties in animals. [Baile CA, McLaughlin CL. A review of the behavioral and physiological responses to elfazepam, a chemical feed intake stimulant. "Journal of Animal Science". 1979 Nov;49(5):1371-95.] [Baile CA, Naylor J, McLaughlin CL, Catanzaro CA. Endotoxin-elicited fever and anorexia and elfazepam-stimulated feeding in sheep. "Physiology and Behaviour". 1981 Aug;27(2):271-7.]

References

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