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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Polyamines > Methenamine
Polycyclic Compounds > Bridged-Ring Compounds > Adamantane > Methenamine
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Bridged-Ring Compounds > Adamantane > Methenamine
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Adamantane > Methenamine
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Adamantane > Methenamine

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Methenamine  

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Entry terms

  • Hexamethylenetetramine
  • Hexamine

Scope note

  • 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)

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