Propylamphetamine
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Propylamphetamine
Ball-and-stick model of the propylamphetamine molecule
Clinical data
Other namesN-Propylamphetamine; NPA; PAL-424
ATC code
  • none
Legal status
Legal status
  • UK: Not controlled
Pharmacokinetic data
MetabolismHepatic
ExcretionRenal
Identifiers
  • N-(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)propan-1-amine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
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ECHA InfoCard100.215.934 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC12H19N
Molar mass177.291 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • NC(C)Cc1ccccc1CCC
  • InChI=1S/C12H19N/c1-3-6-11-7-4-5-8-12(11)9-10(2)13/h4-5,7-8,10H,3,6,9,13H2,1-2H3 checkY
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Propylamphetamine (code name PAL-424; also known as N-propylamphetamine or NPA) is a central nervous system psychostimulant and substituted amphetamine which was never marketed. It was first developed in the 1970s, mainly for research into the metabolism of,[1] and as a comparison tool to, other amphetamines.[2]

Propylamphetamine is inactive as a dopamine releasing agent in vitro and instead acts as a low-potency dopamine reuptake inhibitor with an IC50Tooltip half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 1,013 nM.[3] The drug can be N-dealkylated to form amphetamine (10–20% excreted in urine after 24 hours).[4][5] A study in rats found propylamphetamine to be approximately 4-fold less potent than amphetamine.[6][7]

Monoamine release of propylamphetamine and related agents (EC50Tooltip Half maximal effective concentration, nM)
Compound NETooltip Norepinephrine DATooltip Dopamine 5-HTTooltip Serotonin Ref
Phenethylamine 10.9 39.5 >10,000 [3][8][9]
d-Amphetamine 6.6–10.2 5.8–24.8 698–1,765 [10][11][9][12]
d-Methamphetamine 12.3–14.3 8.5–40.4 736–1,292 [10][13][9][12]
Ethylamphetamine ND 88.5 ND [3]
  d-Ethylamphetamine 28.8 44.1 333.0 [6][14]
Propylamphetamine ND RI (1,013) ND [3]
Butylamphetamine ND IA (>10,000) ND [3]
Notes: The smaller the value, the more strongly the drug releases the neurotransmitter. The assays were done in rat brain synaptosomes and human potencies may be different. See also Monoamine releasing agent § Activity profiles for a larger table with more compounds. Refs:[15][16]

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