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Probenecid

≥98% (NaOH, titration), powder, uricosuric agent

Synonym(s):

p-(Dipropylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C13H19NO4S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
285.36
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161501
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.77

product name

Probenecid,

Assay

≥98% (NaOH, titration)

Quality Level

originator

Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, U.S.

SMILES string

CCCN(CCC)S(=O)(=O)c1ccc(cc1)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C13H19NO4S/c1-3-9-14(10-4-2)19(17,18)12-7-5-11(6-8-12)13(15)16/h5-8H,3-4,9-10H2,1-2H3,(H,15,16)

InChI key

DBABZHXKTCFAPX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Probenecid has been used:
  • as a component of phenol red free Hank′s buffer for Intracellular Ca2+-mobilization assay
  • as a component of calcium sensitive dye for calcium mobilization Studies
  • as a supplement in Hank′s balanced salt solution (HBSS) assay buffer

Useful as an inhibitor of the organic anion transporter, MRP.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Probenecid is a uricosuric agent, which increases uric acid removal in the urine and reduces urate reuptake. It also reduces the renal tubular excretion of many other drugs and increases their plasma concentration. The inhibitory action of probenecid is mediated by organic anion transporters. It is found useful for the treatment of gout. Probenecid is responsible for the rise in the levels of neurochemicals in the brain by preventing its movement from choroid plexus and parenchyma cells into plasma.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Probenecid, a gout remedy, inhibits pannexin 1 channels
Harris D, et al.
American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology, 295, C761?C767-C761?C767 (2008)
Determining the potency and molecular mechanism of action of insurmountable antagonists.
Kenakin, T, et al.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 319, 710-723 (2014)
Lipid phosphate phosphatase-1 expression in cancer cells attenuates tumor growth and metastasis in mice
Tang X, et al.
Journal of Lipid Research, 55, 2389-2400 (2014)
The
Drugs of Abuse: Neurological Reviews and Protocols, 109-109 (2003)
Beth Soletsky et al.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 60(5), 1148-1156 (2012-09-26)
Epidemiologic studies, animal models, and preliminary clinical trials in children implicate uric acid in the development of essential hypertension. Controversy remains as to whether the observations indicate a general mechanism or a surrogate phenomenon. We sought to determine whether uric

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