sulfamethizole   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 12683

Synonyms: Rufol® | sulphamethizole | Thiosulfil®
Approved drug
sulfamethizole is an approved drug (FDA (1953))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Sulfamethizole is an orally available sulfonamide antibacterial compound.
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 6
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 130.59
Molecular weight 270.33
XLogP 0.48
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC1=NN=C(NS(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)N)S1
Isomeric SMILES CC1=NN=C(S1)NS(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)N
InChI InChI=1S/C9H10N4O2S2/c1-6-11-12-9(16-6)13-17(14,15)8-4-2-7(10)3-5-8/h2-5H,10H2,1H3,(H,12,13)
InChI Key VACCAVUAMIDAGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Sulfamethizole has been used to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections since the 1940s [3]. There is no information regarding current approval for clinical use of this drug on the US FDA or European Medicines Agency (EMA) websites. However, individual European agencies have authorised its use and it may be available in other jurisdictions.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Sulfonamides are structural analogues of 4-aminobenzoic acid (pABA) an intermediate in the de novo synthesis of folate by some prokaryotes, lower eukaryotes and plants [2]. The antibacterial MMOA is competitive inhibition of bacterial dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) resulting in a block of folate biosynthesis [1].