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Drug Details

General Information of the Drug (ID: DR6764)
Name
Riluzole
Synonyms
riluzole; 1744-22-5; Rilutek; 2-Amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzothiazole; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzo[d]thiazol-2-amine; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)-1,3-benzothiazol-2-amine; RP-54274; 2-amino-6-trifluoromethoxybenzothiazole; 2-Benzothiazolamine, 6-(trifluoromethoxy)-; 2-amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzo[d]thiazole; PK-26124; RP 54274; C8H5F3N2OS; 2-Benzothiazolamine,6-(trifluoromethoxy)-; UNII-7LJ087RS6F; Riluzole (Rilutek); Amino-2 trifluoromethoxy-6 benzothiazole; MLS000069369; 6-Trifluoromethoxy-benzothiazol-2-ylamine; 2-Amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy)-benzothiazole; MFCD00210213; CHEMBL744; SMR000058231; 7LJ087RS6F; CHEBI:8863; Riluzol; 2-amino-6-(trifluoromethoxy)-1,3-benzothiazole; BENZOTHIAZOLE, 2-AMINO-6-TRIFLUOROMETHOXY-; Riluzole, 98%; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzothiazol-2-amine; NCGC00015882-09; Riluzolum; Riluzol [INN-Spanish]; Riluzolum [INN-Latin]; DSSTox_CID_25192; DSSTox_RID_80739; DSSTox_GSID_45192; Rilutek (TN); CAS-1744-22-5; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)benzothiazole-2-ylamine; Amino-2 trifluoromethoxy-6 benzothiazole [French]; 2-amino-6-(trifluoromethoxyl)benzothiazole; Riluzole, solid; Riluzole [USAN:USP:INN:BAN]; BF-37; ALBB-006046; Riluzole(Rilutek)/; Prestwick-03A08; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)-2-benzothiazolamine; PubChem14501; Tocris-0768; 6-trifluoromethoxybenzothiazole-2-yl-amine; Opera_ID_548; Lopac-R-116; Riluzole-13C-15N2; Prestwick0_000167; Prestwick1_000167; Prestwick2_000167; Prestwick3_000167; Spectrum2_000550; Biomol-NT_000245; cid_5070; Riluzole (JAN/USP/INN); Lopac0_001064; SCHEMBL78905; BSPBio_000033; BIDD:GT0055; SPBio_000599; SPBio_001954; ACMC-209e89; BPBio1_000037; BPBio1_000837; GTPL2326; ZINC6481; DTXSID3045192; BDBM30705; Bio1_000416; Bio1_000905; Bio1_001394; HMS1773G08; HMS2089O19; HMS2094G07; HMS2233E14; HMS3263E10; HMS3371A09; HMS3657E13; Pharmakon1600-01505348; AMY14166; BCP02142; BHV-0223; HY-B0211; Riluzole - CAS 1744-22-5; Tiglutik (thickened oral suspension); Tox21_110252; Tox21_501064; ABP000632; AC-730; ANW-22711; BBL013272; CCG-39528; NSC753433; NSC759823; s1614; SBB012436; STK503686; AKOS000265071; Tox21_110252_1; DB00740; KS-5231; LP01064; MCULE-9362288181; NSC 753433; NSC 759823; NSC-753433; NSC-759823; SDCCGSBI-0051034.P003; 2-amino-6-trifluoromethoxy-benzothiazole; 6-trifluoromethoxy-2-amino-benzothiazole; NCGC00015882-01; NCGC00015882-02; NCGC00015882-03; NCGC00015882-04; NCGC00015882-05; NCGC00015882-06; NCGC00015882-07; NCGC00015882-08; NCGC00015882-10; NCGC00015882-11; NCGC00015882-12; NCGC00015882-13; NCGC00015882-15; NCGC00015882-28; NCGC00023141-02; NCGC00023141-04; NCGC00023141-05; NCGC00023141-06; NCGC00261749-01; 6-(trifluoromethoxy)-2-aminobenzothiazole; 6-trifluoromethoxybenzo[d]thiazol-2-amine; AK-59567; ST038494; ST068834; SBI-0051034.P002; 2-Amino-6-(Trifluoromethoxy) Benzothiazole; 6-(Trifluoromethoxy)-2-amino-benzothiazole; AB0012884; DB-030335; EU-0101064; FT-0611194; SW196805-4; EN300-23782; 6-trifluoromethoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylamine; A-5766; C07937; D00775; J10184; J10441; VU0239571-11; 744R225; Q415744; SR-01000002997-3; BRD-K21283037-001-02-5; BRD-K21283037-003-03-9; BRD-K21283037-003-06-2; F3282-0020; Z166605314; Rilutek; ; ; Rilutor; ; ; 6-(Trifluoromethoxy)-2-benzothiazolamine; Riluzole, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard
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Molecular Type
Small molecule
Disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ICD-11: 8B60] Approved [1]
Structure
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ADMET Property
BDDCS Class
Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) Class 1: high solubility and high permeability
Bioavailability
64% of drug becomes completely available to its intended biological destination(s)
Clearance
The drug present in the plasma can be removed from the body at the rate of 11.3 mL/min/kg
Elimination
2% of drug is excreted from urine in the unchanged form
Half-life
The concentration or amount of drug in body reduced by one-half in 12 hours
Metabolism
The drug is metabolized via the hepatic
Unbound Fraction
The unbound fraction of drug in plasma is 0.04%
Vd
Fluid volume that would be required to contain the amount of drug present in the body at the same concentration as in the plasma 3.5 L/kg
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Formula
C8H5F3N2OS
PubChem CID
5070
Canonical SMILES
C1=CC2=C(C=C1OC(F)(F)F)SC(=N2)N
InChI
1S/C8H5F3N2OS/c9-8(10,11)14-4-1-2-5-6(3-4)15-7(12)13-5/h1-3H,(H2,12,13)
InChIKey
FTALBRSUTCGOEG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Number
CAS 1744-22-5
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:8863
TTD Drug ID
D0H0KB
DrugBank ID
DB00740
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
    α. A List of Natural Product(s) Able to Enhance the Efficacy of This Drug
          Alpha linolenic acid      Perilla frutescens     Click to Show/Hide the Molecular Data of This NP
                 Achieving Therapeutic Synergy     Click to Show/Hide
                    Representative Experiment Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Detail(s)  Combination Info  click to show the detail info of this combination
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Up-regulation Expression KCNK2  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
Up-regulation Expression KCNK4  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vivo Model Focal ischemia was induced in adult male C57/Bl6 mice by occlusion of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) using an intraluminal filament technique.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Alpha-linolenic acid and riluzole treatment confer cerebral protection and improve survival after focal brain ischemia.
Target and Pathway
Target(s) Sodium channel alpha Nav1.9 (SCN11A)  Molecule Info  [3]
Reactome Interaction between L1 and Ankyrins Click to Show/Hide
References
Reference 1 URL: http://www.guidetopharmacology.org Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Oct 12. pii: gkv1037. The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands. (Ligand id: 2326).
Reference 2 Alpha-linolenic acid and riluzole treatment confer cerebral protection and improve survival after focal brain ischemia. Neuroscience. 2006;137(1):241-51.
Reference 3 Secondary injury mechanisms of spinal cord trauma: a novel therapeutic approach for the management of secondary pathophysiology with the sodium channel blocker riluzole. Prog Brain Res. 2002;137:177-90.
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Correspondence

X. N. Sun, Y. T. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. C. Lian, L. L. Yan, T. Pan, T. Jin, H. Xie, Z. M. Liang, W. Q. Qiu, J. X. Wang, Z. R. Li, F. Zhu*, X. B. Sui*. NPCDR: natural product-based drug combination and its disease-specific molecular regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1): 1324-1333 (2020). PMID: 34664659

Prof. Feng ZHU  (zhufeng@zju.edu.cn)

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Prof. Xinbing SUI  (suilab@hznu.edu.cn)

School of Pharmacy and Department of Medical Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China