methenamine - CISMeF

Preferred Label : methenamine;

MeSH 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);

MeSH synonym : hexamine; hexamethylenetetramine;

MeSH hyponym : aminoform; hexamine silver; urotropin; Silver, Hexamine; Silver Methenamine; Methenamine, Silver; Methenamine Silver; Silver, Methenamine;

MeSH CAS label : 1,3,5,7-Tetraazatricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)decane;

MeSH Related Number : 100-97-0 (Methenamine);

Registry Number MeSH : 100-97-0;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamethylenetetramine;

Codes EINECS : 202-905-8;

Is substance : O;

medicament (CISMeF) : O;

UNII : J50OIX95QV;

InChIKey : VKYKSIONXSXAKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N;

Details

Origin ID

D008709;

UMLS CUI

C0025638;

ATC code(s)
- methenamine [ATC Code]
- sodium salicylate and methenamine [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- agonists [MeSH Qualifier]
- analogs and derivatives [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- antagonists and inhibitors [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
CISMeF manual mappings
- méthénamine [Substance BNPC]
Pharmacological action(s)
- anti-infective agents, urinary [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- aminoform [MeSH concept]
- hexamine silver [MeSH concept]
- methenamine [MeSH concept]
- urotropin [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- comethylenamine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- degmicide [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- degmin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- dentinol [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- geovet [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- hexargin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methenamine hippurate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methenamine mandelate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- quaternium-15 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- rhodovet [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- veryl [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Product containing methenamine (medicinal product) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Methenamine [NCIt concept]
- Methenamine (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Product containing methenamine (medicinal product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- methenamine [ATC Code]
- methenamine [SNOMED Notion]
- méthénamine [Substance BNPC]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- methenamine [ATC Code]

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