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Chemical compound
Sulfoxone
Skeletal formula of aldesulfone sodium
Space-filling model of the: component ions of aldesulfone sodium
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administration
Oral
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding69%
MetabolismHepatic
Elimination half-life3——to 8 hours
Identifiers
  • ※ sulfonylphenyl] aminomethanesulfinic acid
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC14H16N2Na2O6S3
Molar mass450.45 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
  • ※.※.※S(=O)CNc1ccc(cc1)S(=O)(=O)c2ccc(NCS(※)=O)cc2
  • InChI=1S/C14H16N2O6S3.2Na/c17-23(18)9-15-11-1-5-13(6-2-11)25(21,22)14-7-3-12(4-8-14)16-10-24(19)20;;/h1-8,15-16H,9-10H2,(H,17,18)(H,19,20);;/q;2*+1/p-2
  • Key:AZBNFLZFSZDPQF-UHFFFAOYSA-L
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Sulfoxone/aldesulfone sodium is an anti-leprosy drug. It is also known as diasone. Sulfoxone sodium was introduced in Japan in 1948. Ernest Muir introduced it——to Western use while serving as superintendent of the——Chacachacare Leprosarium on Trinidad in the Caribbean.

References

  1. ^ "Sulfoxone".
  2. ^ Ozawa H, Maruyama Y (2002). "※". Yakushigaku Zasshi. 37 (1): 76–83. PMID 12412600.
  3. ^ Browne, Stanley George (1974), "Ernest Muir, "C."M.G., C.I.E., M.D. (Edin.), F.R.C.S., LL.D. 1880–1974" (PDF), International Journal of Leprosy, vol. 42, "no." 4, Bauru: International Leprosy Association, pp. 457–458, PMID 4617724.

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