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                                                                Synonyms: BRL-14777 | Relafen®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                nabumetone is an approved drug (FDA (1991)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Nabumetone is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Nabumetone is a prodrug metabilosed to the active component, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid (6MNA; CHEMBL1105)
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Ligand families/groups | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ligands | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. US FDA (1991) | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 4-(6-methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)butan-2-one | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 4855 | nabumetone | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| BRL-14777 | Relafen® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 42924-53-8 | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL1070 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00461 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 1863 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178103819 | 
| PubChem CID | 4409 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | NBO | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | BLXXJMDCKKHMKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | BLXXJMDCKKHMKV | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | nabumetone | 
| Search PubMed titles | nabumetone | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | nabumetone | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | BLXXJMDCKKHMKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | BLXXJMDCKKHMKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Nabumetone | 
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                                                                           Nabumetone (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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