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The History of l-Deprenyl

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Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase B

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The above statement was quoted first to me many years ago by Iván Bonta during a successful four-year period I spent in his department in Rotterdam. It is particularly apt as the opening sentence to a history of l-deprenyl, since it was first said by a Hungarian Nobel Prizewinner, quoted to me by an ex-Hungarian emigré, and summarizes very succinctly the story of a Hungarian drug, published in a book by a Germano-Hungarian editor! But the history of l-deprenyl is much more than a parochial Hungarian affair; its see-saw fortunes have carried it on a roller-coaster developmental journey through many countries over 30 years. At each stage there have been a few clear thinkers who, while seeing the facts at their and others’ disposal, still managed to think what others had not thought.

“Research is to see what everyone has seen and to think what no-one has thought.”

A. Szent-Györgyi

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Parnham, M.J. (1993). The History of l-Deprenyl. In: Szelenyi, I. (eds) Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidase B. Milestones in Drug Therapy. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6348-3_12

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