Ebselen鈥攆ormally, 2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one鈥攔eadily scavenges hydrogen peroxide and hydroperoxides in vivo. It was originally developed (and then abandoned) as a drug for stroke patients. In 2012, G. C. Churchill and S. R. Vasudevan at the University of Oxford (UK) discovered that ebselen is an inositol monophosphatase inhibitor and聽聽It is currently in clinical trials as a drug for treating bipolar disorder.
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