Aluminium acetotartrate

Aluminium acetotartrate
Skeletal formula of aluminium acetotartrate
Ball-and-stick model of the aluminium acetotartrate molecule
Clinical data
Other namesAluminium acetotartrate
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
Routes of
administration		Topical
ATC code
Identifiers
  • (acetato-κO) [2,3-dihydroxybutanedioato(2-)-κO1,κO4] aluminium
CAS Number
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H7AlO8
Molar mass234.096 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(C)O[Al]0OC(=O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(=O)O0
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Aluminium acetotartrate (or ALSOL) is an organic acid, astringent, and disinfectant. It is the aluminium salt of acetic acid and tartaric acid.[1][2]

Appearance

Aluminium acetotartrate occurs as colorless or yellowish crystals, freely but exceedingly slowly soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol and ether.[1]

Applications

Aluminium acetotartrate is employed in 0.5–2% solutions as a nasal douche in affections of the respiratory tract, in 1–3% solutions as a substitute for solution of aluminium acetate, in concentrated solution as a lotion in frostbite and balanitis, and as a snuff with boric acid in atrophic rhinitis.[1] It is also used as an antiseptic vulnerary ointment cream.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Modern Materia Medica". Druggists Circular. 3: 17. 1912. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. ^ EU EP0420927