Pantogam

Pantogam (Пантогам) is a medicine allegedly having some nootropic qualities and widely used in Russia to treat a variety of neurological, psychological and psychiatric conditions.

Chemical
The comound on which this drug is based is a homologe of pantothenic acid, homopantothenic acid. While pantothenic acid is the amide between D-pantoate and beta-alanine, homopantothenic acid is the amide between D-pantoate and Gamma-aminobutyric acid. This change leads to an additional CH2 in the molecule.

Other known names
Hopantenic acid; GABA pantoate; GABA-pantoyl; calcium homopantothenate; calcium hopantenate; homopantothenic acid; pantogab, (+-)-isomer; pantogab, (R)-isomer; pantogab, (S)-isomer; pantogab, calcium (2:1) salt; pantogab, calcium (2:1) salt, (R)-isomer; pantogab, sodium salt, (R)-isomer; pantogam; pantoyl-GABA