Potent H-1-antagonistic activity in a series of novel indeno[2,1-c]pyridine
s and their 4-arylpiperidinol precursors is reported; one compound shows an
in vitro activity four times that of the standard mepyramine that it was s
creened against. Their Failure to translate this protection to in vivo test
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