1-m-chlorophenylpiperazine (MCPP)

Active metabolite of trazodone. After therapeutic doses of trazodone, only active metabolites are detected by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Laboratory: - m-chlorophenylpiperazine in hair - m-chlorophenylpiperazine in body fluid - m-chlorophenylpiperazine in blood - m-chlorophenylpiperazine in serum/plasma - m-chlorophenylpiperazine in urine

General

pharmacologic metabolite piperazine pyridine

References

Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed., W.B. Saunders, 1995