Concept information
Preferred term
Methenamine
Type
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Definition
- An anti-infective agent most commonly used in the treatment of urinary tract infections. Its anti-infective action derives from the slow release of formaldehyde by hydrolysis at acidic pH. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p173)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 100-97-0 (Methenamine)
- 1,3,5,7-Tetraazatricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane
- Hexamethylenetetramine
- Hexamine
- J50OIX95QV
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analogs & derivatives (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
Pharmacological Action(s)
In other languages
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French
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1,3,5,7-Tetraazatricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane
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100-97-0 (Methenamine)
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J50OIX95QV
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VFKM8TN2-H
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