Selegiline (l-deprenyl, Eldepryl, Zelapar, or Anipryl veterinary ) is a drug used for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease , depression and senile dementia . In normal clinical doses it is a selective irreversible MAO-B inhibitor , however in larger doses it loses its specificity and also inhibits MAO-A. more

Selegiline (l-deprenyl, Eldepryl, Zelapar, or Anipryl veterinary ) is a drug used for the treatment of early-stage Parkinson's disease , depression and senile dementia . In normal clinical doses it is a selective irreversible MAO-B inhibitor , however in larger doses it loses its specificity and also inhibits MAO-A. Dietary restrictions are common for MAOI treatments, but special dietary restrictions for lower doses have been found to be unnecessary. [ 1 ] The drug was researched by Jozsef Knoll et al. (Hungary). Selegiline belongs to a class of drugs called phenethylamines . Selegiline consists of a methamphetamine skeleton with a propargyl group attached to the nitrogen atom. less