Zoxazolamine是中枢性肌肉松弛剂类药物，据报道通过降低中枢神经元间活性发挥作用。这些药物，但不是抗焦虑药，减少多巴胺的转化，并且诱发多巴胺能神经元处类似心脏起搏器样的放电模式。 Zoxazolamine属于具有生物活性的2-氨基-2-恶唑类。 Zoxazolamine也被用来作为评估肝细胞色素P-450活性的一种工具。
Zoxazolamine is widely used for a pharmacologic test that serves as a convenient indicator of changes in cytochrome P-450 activity in rodents. The time-averaged serum clearance determined from tested concentrations data is 7.22±1.01 mL/min/kg for Zoxazolamine. Infusion of Zoxazolamine to righting reflex (LRR) at three different rates shows increasing Zoxazolamine concentration in serum and brain at the onset of the effect with increasing infusion rates. When the Zoxazolamine infusion is continued for 5 min beyond the onset of LRR, the concentrations of Zoxazolamine in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at the offset of LRR are essentially identical to the onset concentrations.