Citiolone

Chemical compound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Citiolone is a drug used in liver therapy.

ATC code
Quick facts Clinical data, ATC code ...
Citiolone
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers
  • (RS)-N-(2-Oxothiolan-3-yl)acetamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.013.449 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H9NO2S
Molar mass159.20 g·mol−1
  • InChI=1S/C6H9NO2S/c1-4(8)7-5-2-3-10-6(5)9/h5H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8) checkY
  • Key:NRFJZTXWLKPZAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
 ☒NcheckY (what is this?)  (verify)
Close

It is a derivative of the amino acid homocysteine.[1] Citilone has also been studied with regard to hypothermia due to it being a hydroxyl free radical scavenger. The drug has been shown to protect hamster cells subjected to temperature conditions of 8-25 °C.[2]

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI