Amitriptyline hydrochloride
SIGMA/A8404 - ≥98% (TLC), powder
CAS Number: 549-18-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C20H23N · HCl
Molecular Weight: 313.86
EC Number: 208-964-6
MDL Number: MFCD00012537
Linear Formula: C20H23N · HCl
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥98% (TLC) |
| color | white to off-white |
| form | powder |
| InChI | 1S/C20H23N.ClH/c1-21(2)15 |
| InChI key | KFYRPLNVJVHZGT-UHFFFAOYSA |
| originator | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | Cl[H].CN(C)CCC=C1c2cccc |
| solubility | ethanol: soluble |
| H2O: soluble | |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| Application: | Amitriptyline hydrochloride has been used: • as an antidepressant to study its effects on social behavior and memory in transgenic for acid sphingomyelinase (t-ASM) mice • as a tricyclic antidepressant to analyze its effects on glucocorticoid receptor function in whole human blood • as an anti-depressant to study its effects on scratching and locomotion behavior in chloroquine-induced mouse |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Amitriptyline hydrochloride shows therapeutic effects against anxiety, maniac depression, and involutional melancholia. It possesses antihistaminic, anticholinergic, and antiserotonimic propertie |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Tricyclic antidepressant; inhibits the norepinephrine and serotonin transporters with Kis of 100 nM and 14.7 nM, respectively; high in vitro affinity for α1-adrenoceptors, serotonin and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Tricyclic antidepressant; norepinephrine and serotonin transporter inhibitor; high in vitro affinity for α1-adrenoceptors, serotonin and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. |
| Features and Benefits: | Shelf-life of the powder is at least three years. |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() GHS06,GHS08,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 - H319 - H361d - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P273 - P301 + P310 + P330 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn,N |
| Risk Statements | 22-36-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 26-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN2811 - class 6.1 - PG 3 - EHS - Toxic solids, organic, n.o.s., |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥98% (TLC) |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352200 |




