Exametazime

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Exametazime
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-[(3R)-3-[ [3-[ [(2R,3E)-3-Hydroxyiminobutan-2-yl]amino]-2,2-dimethylpropyl]amino]butan-2-ylidene]hydroxylamine
Identifiers
CAS number 105613-48-7
ATC code  ?
PubChem 9552071
Chemical data
Formula C13H28N4O2 
Mol. mass 272.387 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability  ?
Metabolism  ?
Half life  ?
Excretion  ?
Therapeutic considerations
Licence data

US

Pregnancy cat.

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Legal status

-only(US)

Routes Intravenous

Exametazime, when used in combination with the radioisotope technetium-99m, is a drug used in the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion in stroke, and in the localization of intra-abdominal infection and inflammatory bowel disease. It has the brand name Ceretec.

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