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Preferred term

Succimer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Acid, meso-Dimercaptosuccinic
  • Butanedioic Acid, 2,3-Dimercapto-, (R*,S*)-Isomer
  • DMSA
  • meso Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
  • meso-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid

Scope note

  • A mercaptodicarboxylic acid used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning because it forms strong chelates with them.

History note

  • 94; was DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID 1979-93 (see under SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS 1979-90); SUCCIMER was see DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID 1979-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004113

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