Marplann.
/ˈmɑːplan/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌplæn/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for: the drug isocarboxazid.
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Marsilid1952
iproniazid1953
levallorphan1953
imipramine1958
Tofranil1958
isocarboxazid1959
Marplan1959
Nardil1959
nialamide1959
Niamid1959
phenelzine1959
tranylcypromine1959
Parnate1960
amitriptyline1961
monoamine oxidase inhibitor1962
nortriptyline1962
protriptyline1963
MAOI1965
maprotiline1970
mianserin1970
amoxapine1971
fluoxetine1975
paroxetine1977
Prozac1985
Seroxat1985
1956 Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Apr. 229/2 Marplon.]
1959 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Dec. tm10/1 Marplan... For product useful in the treatment of mental depression and angina pectoris.
1963 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 16 Mar. 952/1 Isocarboxazid (Marplan), a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, is effective as an antidepressant agent.
1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatm. iv. 56 The monoamine oxidase inhibitors include several members, among them phenelzine (Nardil), iproniazid (Marsilid), isocarboxazid (Marplan).
1982 Psychiatry Res. 6 41 A 6-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the MAO inhibitor isocarboxazid (Marplan).
1995 Guardian 21 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 29/1 The MAOIs are: phenelzine: Nardil; isocarboxazid: Marplan; tranylcypromine: Parnate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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