CHEBI:142552 - rac-tamsulosin

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ChEBI Name rac-tamsulosin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:142552
ChEBI ASCII Name rac-tamsulosin
Definition A racemate comprising equimolar amount of tamulosin and its enantiomer, ent-tamulosin.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula C20H28N2O5S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 408.514
Monoisotopic Mass 408.172
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): alpha-adrenergic antagonist
An agent that binds to but does not activate alpha-adrenergic receptors thereby blocking the actions of endogenous or exogenous alpha-adrenergic agonists. alpha-Adrenergic antagonists are used in the treatment of hypertension, vasospasm, peripheral vascular disease, shock, and pheochromocytoma.
Application(s): alpha-adrenergic antagonist
An agent that binds to but does not activate alpha-adrenergic receptors thereby blocking the actions of endogenous or exogenous alpha-adrenergic agonists. alpha-Adrenergic antagonists are used in the treatment of hypertension, vasospasm, peripheral vascular disease, shock, and pheochromocytoma.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing rac-tamsulosin (CHEBI:142552) has part ent-tamsulosin (CHEBI:142548)
rac-tamsulosin (CHEBI:142552) has part tamsulosin (CHEBI:9398)
rac-tamsulosin (CHEBI:142552) has role α-adrenergic antagonist (CHEBI:37890)
rac-tamsulosin (CHEBI:142552) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
Synonyms Sources
(±)-tamsulosin ChEBI
RS-tamsulosin ChEBI
Registry Number Type Source
94666-07-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
2891044 PubMed citation Europe PMC
8894610 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
16 May 2019