sulfathiazole   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 12699

Synonyms: M&B 760 | Thiazamide®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
sulfathiazole is an approved drug (FDA (1945))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Sulfathiazole is a sulfonamide antibacterial compound [5].
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 3
Topological polar surface area 118.23
Molecular weight 255.32
XLogP -0.46
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES C1=C(C=CC(=C1)S(=O)(=O)NC2=NC=CS2)N
Isomeric SMILES C1=CC(=CC=C1N)S(=O)(=O)NC2=NC=CS2
InChI InChI=1S/C9H9N3O2S2/c10-7-1-3-8(4-2-7)16(13,14)12-9-11-5-6-15-9/h1-6H,10H2,(H,11,12)
InChI Key JNMRHUJNCSQMMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
All medicines containing sulfathiazole (except for those formulated for vaginal use) were withdrawn by the US FDA in 1970, due to associated renal complications, rash, fever, blood disorders, and liver damage. There is no information regarding current approval for clinical use of this drug on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) website, although individual European agencies have authorised its use. See the Drugs.com website for a list of countries where this drug may be in use (in some, this may be restricted to veterinary practice).
Sulfathiazole can be used in combination with sulfabenzamide and sulfacetamide (formulated for vaginal administration). The combined formulation was approved by the US FDA, but has since been discontinued.
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].