Nipecotic acid

Nipecotic acid
Identifiers
  • Piperidine-3-carboxylic acid
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.007.159
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H11NO2
Molar mass129.159 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1CC(CNC1)C(=O)O

Nipecotic acid is a GABA uptake inhibitor used in scientific research. Nipecotic acid has very little to no BBB penetration itself but structural modifications can be done to improve this.