Medronic acid
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IUPAC name
Methanediylbis(phosphonic acid) | |
Other names
Methanediphosphonic acid; Methylenebis(phosphonic acid); Methylene diphosphonate; Medronate; Phosphonomethylphosphonic acid; MDP | |
Identifiers | |
1984-15-2 | |
ChEBI | CHEBI:43945 |
ChEMBL | ChEMBL180570 |
ChemSpider | 15308 |
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KEGG | D04887 |
PubChem | 16124 |
UNII | 73OS0QIN3O |
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Properties | |
CH6O6P2 | |
Molar mass | 176.00 g·mol−1 |
Melting point | 199 to 200 °C (390 to 392 °F; 472 to 473 K)[1] |
Hazards | |
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
LD50 (Median dose) |
45-50 mg/kg (i.v., mice, rabbits)[1] |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Infobox references | |
Not to be confused with mildronate, a clinically used cardioprotective drug that is used for the treatments of angina and myocardial infarction by inhibiting gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase.
Medronic acid is the smallest bisphosphonate. Its complex with radioactive technetium, 99mTc medronic acid, is used in nuclear medicine to detect bone abnormalities, including metastases.
References
- 1 2 Budavari, Susan, ed. (1996), The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (12th ed.), Merck, ISBN 0911910123
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