metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687)

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ChEBI Name	metronidazole hydrochloride

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:50687

Definition	A hydrochloride salt resulting from the mixture of equimolar amounts of metronidazole and hydrogen chloride.

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Formula

C6H10ClN3O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

207.61500

Monoisotopic Mass

207.04107

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H9N3O3.ClH/c1-5-7-4-6(9(11)12)8(5)2-3-10;/h4,10H,2-3H2,1H3;1H

InChIKey

FPTPAIQTXYFGJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Cl.Cc1ncc(n1CCO)[N+]([O-])=O

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	antibacterial drug A drug used to treat or prevent bacterial infections. antimicrobial agent A substance that kills or slows the growth of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans. antitrichomonal drug A drug used to treat trichomonas infections.

Application(s):	antibacterial drug A drug used to treat or prevent bacterial infections. antiparasitic agent A substance used to treat or prevent parasitic infections. antitrichomonal drug A drug used to treat trichomonas infections. prodrug A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug. antiamoebic agent An antiparasitic agent which is effective against amoeba, a genus of single-celled amoeboids in the family Amoebidae.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has part metronidazole(1+) (CHEBI:64682) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role antiamoebic agent (CHEBI:171664) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role antibacterial drug (CHEBI:36047) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role antimicrobial agent (CHEBI:33281) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role antiparasitic agent (CHEBI:35442) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role antitrichomonal drug (CHEBI:50685) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) has role prodrug (CHEBI:50266) metronidazole hydrochloride (CHEBI:50687) is a hydrochloride (CHEBI:36807)

IUPAC Name

2-(2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanol hydrochloride

Synonyms	Sources
2-Methyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ethanol hydrochloride	ChemIDplus
2-Methyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ethanol monohydrochloride	ChemIDplus
Metronidazole HCl	ChemIDplus

Brand Name	Source
Flagyl	DrugBank

Last Modified

28 April 2021