title: Comparison of the anorectic and motor activity effects of some aminoindanes, 2-aminotetralin and amphetamine in the rat.
abstract: 1. The anorectic and motor activity effects of 1-aminoindane, 2-aminoindane, some N-substituted 2-aminoindanes, 2-aminotetralin, amphetamine and fenfluramine were determined in rats. 2. The two compounds with structures most like the extended conformation of amphetamine, 2-aminotetralin and 2-aminoindane, were potent anorectics. At dosages which halved the intake of food over 1 h, amphetamine increased motor activity, 2-aminotetralin had no effect, and 2-aminoindane reduced motor activity. 3. Both the anorectic and central stimulant actions of 2-aminoindane were absent in N-ethyl- and N-isopropyl-2-aminoindane. 4. 1-Aminoindane, whose structure is like the folded conformation of amphetamine, produced a small anorectic effect and depressed motor activity.
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001067:Appetite Depressants; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005277:Fenfluramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007192:Indenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D001067:Appetite Depressants; D007189:Indans; D007192:Indenes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D005277:Fenfluramine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine