Acenocoumarol

Active ingredient description

Acenocoumarol is a derivative of coumarin used as anticoagulant because acts as an antagonist of vitamin K. Vitamin K antagonists produce their anticoagulant effect by inhibition of the vitamin K-epoxide-reductase with a subsequent reduction of the gammacarboxylation of certain glutamic acid molecules which are located at several sites near the terminal end both of coagulation factors II (prothrombin), VII, IX, and X and of protein C or its cofactor protein S.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC code
Group title
Classification
B01AA07
Acenocoumarol
B Blood and blood forming organs → B01 Antithrombotic agents → B01A Antithrombotic agents → B01AA Vitamin K antagonists
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Product monographs

Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):

Title
Type
Country
SINTHROME Tablet
Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)
UK

Medicines

Acenocoumarol is the active ingredient of these drugs:

Drug
Countries
MINI-SINTROM

France

SINTHROME

United Kingdom

SINTROM

Austria France Mexico Poland Romania

TROMBOSTOP

Romania

Structural formula

Graphic representation of the active ingredient's molecular structure

Chemical formula: C₁₉H₁₅NO₆
Molecular mass: 353.326 g/mol

External identifiers

CAS Substance: 152-72-7
DrugBank Drug: DB01418
KEGG Drug: D07064
PubChem Compound: 54676537
RxNorm Ingredient: 154
SNOMED-CT Concept: 387457003
Acenocoumarol (substance)
UNII Identifier: I6WP63U32H
ACENOCOUMAROL
 
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