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5'-Guanidinonaltrindole

5'-Guanidinonaltrindole (5'-GNTI) is an opioid antagonist used in scientific research which is highly selective for the κ opioid receptor. It is more potent and selective than the commonly used κ-opioid antagonist norbinaltorphimine. It has a slow onset and long duration of action, and produces antidepressant effects in animal studies. It also increases allodynia by interfering with the action of the κ-opioid peptide dynorphin.

In addition to activity at the KOR, 5'-GNTI has been found to act as a positive allosteric modulator of the α<sub>1A</sub>-adrenergic receptor (EC<sub>50</sub> = 41 nM), and this may contribute to its "severe transient effects".

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