meldonium (CHEBI:131843)

ChEBI > Main

Main

ChEBI Ontology

Automatic Xrefs

Reactions

Pathways

Models

ChEBI Name	meldonium

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:131843

Definition	An ammonium betaine that is β-alaninate in which one of the amino hydrogens is replaced by a trimethylamino group. A clinically used cardioprotective drug that is used for treatment of heart failure, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis and diabetes.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Supplier Information

Download	Molfile XML SDF

Wikipedia	License

Read full article at Wikipedia

Formula

C6H14N2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

146.188

Monoisotopic Mass

146.10553

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H14N2O2/c1-8(2,3)7-5-4-6(9)10/h7H,4-5H2,1-3H3

InChIKey

PVBQYTCFVWZSJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

[N+](NCCC([O-])=O)(C)(C)C

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	EC 1.14.11.1 (gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase) inhibitor An EC 1.14.11.* (oxidoreductase acting on paired donors, 2-oxoglutarate as one donor, incorporating 1 atom each of oxygen into both donors) inhibitor that interferes with the action of gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase (EC 1.14.11.1).

Application(s):	cardioprotective agent Any protective agent that is able to prevent damage to the heart. neuroprotective agent Any compound that can be used for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	meldonium (CHEBI:131843) has role cardioprotective agent (CHEBI:77307) meldonium (CHEBI:131843) has role EC 1.14.11.1 (γ-butyrobetaine dioxygenase) inhibitor (CHEBI:131844) meldonium (CHEBI:131843) has role neuroprotective agent (CHEBI:63726) meldonium (CHEBI:131843) is a ammonium betaine (CHEBI:35284)

IUPAC Name

3-(2,2,2-trimethyldiazan-2-ium-1-yl)propanoate

INN	Source
meldonium	KEGG DRUG

Synonyms	Sources
2-(2-carboxyethyl)-1,1,1-trimethyldiazanium	PDBeChem
3-(2,2,2-Trimethyldiazaniumyl)propanoate	ChemIDplus
3-(2,2,2-Trimethylhydrazine)propionate	ChemIDplus
mildronate	MetaCyc

Last Modified

22 February 2017