Concept information
Preferred term
Succimer
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
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
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
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Dimerkaptobärnstenssyra
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004113
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