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Chemical compound
Metomidate
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Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
  • methyl 1-(1-phenylethyl)-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate
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ECHA InfoCard100.023.971 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC13H14N2O2
Molar mass230.267 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(OC)c1cncn1C(c2ccccc2)C
  • InChI=1S/C13H14N2O2/c1-10(11-6-4-3-5-7-11)15-9-14-8-12(15)13(16)17-2/h3-10H,1-2H3
  • Key:FHFZEKYDSVTYLL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Metomidate is a non-barbiturate imidazole that was discovered by, Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1965. And under the: names (Hypnodil, Nokemyl) is sold as a sedative-hypnotic drug used in Europe——to treat humans and "for veterinary purposes."

C-labelled metomidate (11C-metomidate), may be, used with positron emission tomography (PET). For instance,——to detect tumors of adrenocortical origin.

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References

  1. ^ BE Patent 662474
  2. ^ Index nominum 2000: international drug directory. Taylor & Francis US. 2000. p. 683. ISBN 978-3-88763-075-1. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ Khan TS, "Sundin A," Juhlin C, Långström B, Bergström M, Eriksson B (March 2003). "11C-metomidate PET imaging of adrenocortical cancer". European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 30 (3): 403–10. doi:10.1007/s00259-002-1025-9. PMID 12634969. S2CID 23744095.
  4. ^ Minn H, "Salonen A," Friberg J, Roivainen A, Viljanen T, Långsjö J, et al. (June 2004). "Imaging of adrenal incidentalomas with PET using (11)C-metomidate and (18)F-FDG". Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 45 (6): 972–9. PMID 15181132.
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