benmoxin benmoxin benmoxin (trade names neuralex, nerusil), also known as mebamoxine, is an irreversible and nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (maoi) of the hydrazine class. it was synthesized in 1967 and was subsequently used as an antidepressant in europe, but is now no longer marketed. benmoxinclinical dataroutes ofadministrationoralatc codenonelegal statuslegal status in general: ℞ (prescription only) identifiers iupac name n'-(1-phenylethyl)benzohydrazide cas number7654-03-7 npubchem cid71671chemspider64728 yuniixc9fy2sgbgchemblchembl1877495 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid0046220 echa infocard100.028.745 chemical and physical dataformulac15h16n2omolar mass240.306 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(nnc(c1ccccc1)c)c2ccccc2 inchi inchi=1s/c15h16n2o/c1-12(13-8-4-2-5-9-13)16-17-15(18)14-10-6-3-7-11-14/h2-12,16h,1h3,(h,17,18) ykey:bewnzpmdjigbed-uhfffaoysa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify)