Common name

IUPAC name

2-propylpentanoic acid

SMILES

CCCC(CCC)C(O)=O

Compound class

Enzyme Inhibitors; Anticonvulsants; Antimanic Agents; GABA Agents; Nervous System; Antiepileptics; Fatty Acid Derivatives; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inhibitors; CYP2A6 Inhibitors; CYP2A6 Inhibitors (strong); CYP2A6 Inhibitors (moderate); CYP2A6 Inducers; CYP2A6 Inducers (strong); CYP2B6 Inhibitors (strong); CYP3A4 Inhibitors;

Therapeutic area

For treatment and management of seizure disorders, mania, and prophylactic treatment of migraine headache. In epileptics, valproic acid is used to control absence seizures, tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal), complex partial seizures, and the seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.