Aminophenazone
Also known as: Aminopyrine Amidopyrine
Active ingredient description
Aminophenazone is a pyrazolone with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties but has risk of agranulocytosis. A breath test with 13C-labeled aminopyrine has been used as a non-invasive measure of cytochrome P-450 metabolic activity in liver function tests. It is also used in measuring the total body water in the human body system.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₁₃H₁₇N₃O
Molecular mass: 231.294 g/mol