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                                                                Synonyms: Bisolvon® | NA-274 | NA274
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                bromhexine is an approved drug 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Bromhexine is a widely used mucolytic (expectorant) drug. In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic of 2019/20 it was investigated as an add-on treatment for patients with COVID-19 [1]. In addition to its mucolytic activity, bromhexine may also inhibit the human protease TMPRSS2 that is exploited by certain coronaviruses for spike (S) protein priming, thus reducing the viruses' infection mechanism [2].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. | 
| Is prodrug? | Yes | 
| Active form | ambroxol | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 2,4-dibromo-6-[[cyclohexyl(methyl)amino]methyl]aniline | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 2584 | bromhexine | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Bisolvon® | NA-274 | NA274 | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 3572-43-8 (source: ChemIDplus) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL253376 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB09019 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 402 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 434122278 | 
| PubChem CID | 2442 | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | OJGDCBLYJGHCIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | OJGDCBLYJGHCIH | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | bromhexine | 
| Search PubMed titles | bromhexine | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | bromhexine | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OJGDCBLYJGHCIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OJGDCBLYJGHCIH-UHFFFAOYSA-N |