Svensk definition
Ett strålskyddsmedel som oxiderar i luft och bildar cystamin. Det ges intravenöst eller oralt mot strålsjuka. Bitartratet har använts för oral behandling av nefropatisk cystinos.
Cysteamine
Cysteamin
Engelsk definition
A mercaptoethylamine compound that is endogenously derived from the COENZYME A degradative pathway. The fact that cysteamine is readily transported into LYSOSOMES where it reacts with CYSTINE to form cysteine-cysteamine disulfide and CYSTEINE has led to its use in CYSTINE DEPLETING AGENTS for the treatment of CYSTINOSIS.
Svenska synonymer
Cystagon
Engelska synonymer
beta-Mercaptoethylamine — beta Mercaptoethylamine — Mercaptoethylamine — Mercamine — Mercaptamine — 2-Aminoethanethiol — 2 Aminoethanethiol — Cysteinamine — Cystagon — Cysteamine Bitartrate — Bitartrate, Cysteamine — Cysteamine Tartrate (1:1) — Cysteamine Tartrate — Tartrate, Cysteamine — Cysteamine Dihydrochloride — Dihydrochloride, Cysteamine — Cysteamine Hydrochloride — Hydrochloride, Cysteamine — Cysteamine Maleate (1:1) — Cysteamine Tosylate — Tosylate, Cysteamine — Cysteamine, 35S-Labeled — 35S-Labeled Cysteamine — Cysteamine, 35S Labeled — Becaptan — Cysteamine Hydrobromide — Hydrobromide, Cysteamine