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This class of psychotherapeutic drugs encompasses agents which are clinically useful antidepressants of the non-MAO-inhibitor type. Of practical significance in this group are the following tricyclic agents: iminodibenzyls (imipramine and desmethylimipramine), iminostilbenes (opipramol), dibenzocycloheptadienes (amitriptyline and its desmethyl derivative), dibenzodiazepines (dibenzepine), dibenzocycloheptatrienes (protriptyline), dihydroanthrazene-derivatives (melitracene).
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v. Brücke, F.T., Hornykiewicz, O., Sigg, E.B. (1969). Thymoleptics. In: The Pharmacology of Psychotherapeutic Drugs. Heidelberg Science Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8047-8_7
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