Tetrabenazine

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Tetrabenazine

Description of the Drug

Tetrabenazine is a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT) inhibitor used for the management of chorea associated with Huntington’s Disease.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB04844

Brand Name(s)

Nitoman, Revocon, Tetmodis, Tetrabenazine, Xenazine, Xenazine 25

Company Owner(s)

Apotex Inc, Ajanta Pharma Ltd, Piramal Healthcare Uk Ltd, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Actavis Laboratories Fl Inc, Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R And D Inc, Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, Hetero Labs Ltd Unit V, Bionpharma Inc

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Synaptic vesicular amine transporter SINGLE PROTEIN INHIBITOR CHEMBL1893

Unichem Links

SureChEMBL SCHEMBL62026
PharmGKB PA140222719
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0015592
DrugBank DB04844
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 14975282
PubChem 6018
Mcule MCULE-5822627411
LINCS LSM-36891
Nikkaji J4.592F
BindingDB 50017701
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID0042614
ChemicalBook CB5339246 CB92457043 CB22545778
Guide to Pharmacology 4834
rxnorm XENAZINE AUSTEDO DEUTETRABENAZINE TETRABENAZINE
KEGG Ligand C11168
ChEBI 64028