Talk:Etanautine

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There seem to be few sources on etanautine. DrugBank and PubChem list it as no more than a synonym of diphenhydramine, and its CAS is that of diphenhydramine. On a Google search, Martindale, however, notes that

The name Etanautine has been applied both to diphenhydramine monoacefyllinate and to ethylbenzhydramine [...]

Ethylbenzhydramine is not diphenhydramine. I don't have full access, so I can't read any further, but should this page even be here? Fvasconcellos (t·c) 14:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't this page be merged with diphenhydramine? Searching PubChem for "Etanautine" just yields a single result: diphenhydramine. Fuzzform 02:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

This page could be merged with diphenhydramine, but I'm not sure...if that Martindale reference above is correct then etanautine is actually diphenhydramine monoacefyllinate, i.e. the monoacefylline salt of diphenhydramine. Since the 8-chlorotheophylline salt of diphenhydramine has a seperate page (dimenhydrinate) then the monoacefylline salt should probably have a seperate page of its own as well, especially if it has different pharmacological properties and is used for different purposes. For that matter, diphenhydramine diacefyllinate is also a known compound (sold in France under the brand name Nautamine) and apparantly has quite different properties to diphenhydramine, presumably because the stimulant effect from the acefylline counteracts the sedative effect of the diphenhydramine...should that have its own page too, or should it just have a seperate entry on this page? Meodipt 07:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)