Structured Summary
Abstract
A potent vasodilator agent that increases peripheral blood flow.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C20H34O5
- Molecular Weight
- 354.5 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 745-65-3
- IUPAC Name
- 7-[(1R,2R,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-[(E,3S)-3-hydroxyoct-1-enyl]-5-oxocyclopentyl]heptanoic acid
- InChIKey
- GMVPRGQOIOIIMI-DWKJAMRDSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCC[C@@H](/C=C/[C@H]1[C@@H](CC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCCCCC(=O)O)O)O
- MeSH Unique ID
- D000527
- Source
- PubChem CID 5280723
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
16 entry terms
- Lipo-PGE1
- PGE1
- PGE1alpha
- Prostaglandin E1
- Prostaglandin E1alpha
- Lipo PGE1
- Caverject
- Edex
- Minprog
- Muse
- Prostavasin
- Prostin VR
- Prostine VR
- Sugiran
- Vasaprostan
- Viridal
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Aspects Covered
25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
86; see VASOPROSTAN (NM) 1995-97
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Previous Indexing
- Prostaglandins (1966-1974)
- Prostaglandins E (1975-1985)
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NLM Classification
QU 90
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Alprostadil. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000527. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000527
- Alprostadil. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostaglandin_E1
- Alprostadil. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579348
- Alprostadil. In: PubChem Compound. CID 5280723. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5280723