User:RelentlessRecusant/BP-554

BP-554, otherwise known as BP 554, IUPAC name 1-[3-(3,4-Methylenedioxyphenoxy)propyl]-4-phenyl-piperazine, is a selective chemical agonist of the 5-HT1A receptor.

By competitive radioligand binding assay, BP-554 has a Ki = 4.7 nM for binding at the 5-HT1A receptor, with substantial selectivity in vitro (several orders of magnitude) versus a variety of other receptors, including 5-HT1 receptors and 5-HT2 receptors.

It was originally synthesized and characterized by Matsuda et. al in 1989 at Osaka University and Mitsubishi Kasei Co. at Japan.