Tricaine

DB11552ExperimentalVet approvedSmall molecule

Tricaine (as tricaine methanesulfonate) is white powder used for anesthesia, sedation, or euthanasia of fish. It is also the only anesthetic licensed in the United States for use in fin...

Mechanism: Pharmacologically active on Sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha and Voltage-gated sodium channel alpha subunit
Curator reviewed
Formula / weight: C₉H₁₁NO₂ · 165.1891 g/mol (avg)
Also known as: Tricaine mesylate

Resolves to

Compound

UNII02591PHL19CAS582-33-2ChEMBLCHEMBL1702228ChEBI81494KEGGD08632

Clinical / RWD

RxNorm1370418

Structure

InChIKeyZMCBYSBVJIMENC-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESCCOC(=O)C1=CC(N)=CC=C1

Targets

Q15858SCN9A

What you can answer from here — as of September 19, 2026

2Protein targetsEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action

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665Drug interactionsStructured to mechanism, not free text

12+ReferencesStructured and connected to the statements they support

Which drugs share a target with Tricaine, and which of those have an active Phase 3 trial?

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