Synonyms: Hiprex® | Mandelamine® | Urex®
methenamine is an approved drug (FDA (1967), UK (1989))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Methenamine is a heterocyclic organic compound. It is metabolised to formaldehyde, which acts as a nonspecific bactericidal agent. Methenamine is administered as the hippuric acid salt, methenamine hippurate (PubChem CID 21945).
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