Fursultiamine

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Fursultiamine
Skeletal formula of fursultiamine
Ball-and-stick model of the fursultiamine molecule
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comInternational Drug Names
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
  • None
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • N-[(4-Amino-2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)methyl]-N-{(1E)-4-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-[(tetrahydrofuran-2-ylmethyl)disulfanyl]but-1-en-1-yl}formamide
JSmol)
  • O=CN(\C(=C(\SSCC1OCCC1)CCO)C)Cc2cnc(nc2N)C

Fursultiamine (

INN; chemical name thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide or TTFD; brand names Adventan, Alinamin-F, Benlipoid, Bevitol Lipophil, Judolor, Lipothiamine) is a medication and vitamin used to treat thiamine deficiency. Chemically, it is a disulfide derivative of thiamine and is similar in structure to allithiamine.[1]

It was synthesized in

beriberi),[1] It was subsequently commercialized not only in Japan but also in Spain, Austria, Germany, and the United States.[2]

See also

  • Vitamin B1 analogue

References

Further reading