Naphazoline
Function
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Description:
Naphazoline is a rapid acting imidazoline sympathomimetic vasoconstrictor of ocular or nasal artierioles. It acts to decrease congestion and is found in many over the counter (OTC) eye drops and nasal preparations.Naphazoline was first developed in 1942 as a nasal formulation for congestion. [DrugBank]
Targets:
Alpha-2A adrenergic receptor (Humans); Alpha-1A adrenergic receptor (Humans) [DrugBank]
Pharmacodynamics:
Naphazoline is a sympathomimetic alpha adrenergic agonist that acts to vasoconstrict nasal or ocular arterioles, resulting in reduced congestion at the site of administration6,7. [DrugBank]
Structures
Docking in target protein
Off-target analysis based on ligand similarity (Homo sapiens)
Step 1 - Target prediction for Naphazoline: SwissTargetPrediction
Tips: Click on the link to jump to the 'SwissTargetPrediction' webserver. Select the species of 'Homo sapiens', and then paste the SMILES of Naphazoline in the SMILES input box.
Step 2 - Blind docking for Naphazoline: CB-Dock
Tips: Click on the link to jump to the 'CB-Dock' webserver. Upload the structure file of target predicted by 'SwissTargetPrediction' and the 2D/3D structure file of Naphazoline to perform blind docking.