Open AccessA Review on Synthesis and Pharmacological Activities of Piracetam and its Derivatives
Author(s) -
Nidhi Dhama,
. Sucheta,
Aadesh Kumar,
Vikrant Verma,
Sunil Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2022.23357
Subject(s) - piracetam , chemistry , nootropic , pharmacology , deep vein , thrombosis , psychology , medicine , psychiatry
Piracetam is generally utilized as a nootropic drug, which is normally used in the treatment of CNSdisorders. Piracetam is a cyclic compound and a derivative of γ-aminobutyric acid and improves learning,memory, brain metabolism, and ability. This drug belongs to the racetams group with the chemicalname 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide. The emphasis of this review article is to highlight differentbiological activities associated with piracetam and also some of its synthetic methodologies. Promisingeffects have been achieved in the management and treatment of several diseases for example alcoholism,Raynaud’s phenomenon, deep vein thrombosis and brain injury.