Fursultiamine

Fursultiamine
Skeletal formula of fursultiamine
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Oral
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Identifiers
  • N-[(4-Amino-2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)methyl]-N-{(1E)-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-[(tetrahydrofuran-2-ylmethyl)disulfanyl]but-1-en-1-yl}formamide
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC17H26N4O3S2
Molar mass398.54 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=CN(\C(=C(\SSCC1OCCC1)CCO)C)Cc2cnc(nc2N)C

Fursultiamine (INN; chemical name thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide or TTFD; brand names Adventan, Alinamin-F, Benlipoid, Bevitol Lipophil, Judolor, Lipothiamine) is a medication and vitamin used to treat thiamine deficiency. Chemically, it is a disulfide derivative of thiamine and is similar in structure to allithiamine.[1]

It was synthesized in Japan in the 1960s from allithiamine for the purpose of developing forms of thiamine with improved lipophilicity for treating vitamin B1 deficiency (i.e., beriberi),[1] It was subsequently commercialized not only in Japan but also in Spain, Austria, Germany, and the United States.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Lonsdale D (September 2004). "Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide: a little known therapeutic agent". Medical Science Monitor. 10 (9): RA199–203. PMID 15328496.
  2. ^ Swiss Pharmaceutical Society (2000). Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory (Book with CD-ROM). Boca Raton: Medpharm Scientific Publishers. p. 1932. ISBN 3-88763-075-0.

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