teniloxazine teniloxazine teniloxazine (lucelan, metatone), also known as sufoxazine and sulfoxazine, is a drug which is marketed in japan. though initially investigated as a neuroprotective and nootropic agent for the treatment of cerebrovascular insufficiency in the 1980s, it was ultimately developed and approved as an antidepressant instead. it acts as a potent norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, with fair selectivity over the serotonin and dopamine transporters, and also behaves as an antagonist of the 5-ht2a receptor. teniloxazineclinical dataother namesy-8894routes ofadministrationoralatc codenonelegal statuslegal status in general: ℞ (prescription only) identifiers iupac name 2-morpholine cas number62473-79-4 n 62473-80-7 (maleate)pubchem cid119114chemspider106426 yunii95q6wnp25pchemblchembl2105438chemical and physical dataformulac16h19no2smolar mass289.39 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o1ccncc1coc2ccccc2cc3sccc3 inchi inchi=1s/c16h19no2s/c1-2-6-16(19-12-14-11-17-7-8-18-14)13(4-1)10-15-5-3-9-20-15/h1-6,9,14,17h,7-8,10-12h2 ykey:oilwwivkidxcib-uhfffaoysa-n y ny (what is this?) (verify)