Zolantidine is a brain-penetrating selective histamine H2 receptor (HRH2) antagonist developed by Smith, Kline & French, with the research code of SK&F 95282. It is a benzothiazole derivative with a 30-fold higher potency for H2 receptors than other peripheral and central receptors.[1]

References

  1. ^ Calcutt CR, Ganellin CR, Griffiths R, Leigh BK, Maguire JP, Mitchell RC, et al. (January 1988). "Zolantidine (SK&F 95282) is a potent selective brain-penetrating histamine H2-receptor antagonist". British Journal of Pharmacology. 93 (1): 69–78. doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11406.x. PMC 1853786. PMID 2894879.