An MAO inhibitor that is used as an antidepressive agent.
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
A chemically heterogeneous group of drugs that have in common the ability to block oxidative deamination of naturally occurring monoamines. (From Gilman, et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p414)
Pargyline
A monoamine oxidase inhibitor with antihypertensive properties.
Methyltyrosines
A group of compounds that are methyl derivatives of the amino acid TYROSINE.
5-Hydroxytryptophan
The immediate precursor in the biosynthesis of SEROTONIN from tryptophan. It is used as an antiepileptic and antidepressant.