Title:  Phosphocysteamine 
CAS Registry Number:  5746-40-7 
CAS Name:  2-Aminoethanethiol dihydrogen phosphate (ester) 
Additional Names:  phosphorothioic acid S-(2-aminoethyl) ester;  cysteamine-S-phosphate;  MEAP 
Molecular Formula:  C2H8NO3PS 
Molecular Weight:  157.13 
Percent Composition:  C 15.29%, H 5.13%, N 8.91%, O 30.55%, P 19.71%, S 20.41% 
Line Formula:  H2NCH2CH2SPO3H2 
Literature References:  Radioprotectant.  Prepn of sodium salt:  S. Åkerfeldt, Acta Chem. Scand. 13, 1479 (1959); of free acid:  idem, ibid. 14, 1980 (1960).  Radioprotective effect:  B. Hansen, B. Sörbo, Acta Radiol. 56, 141 (1961); A. Vacek et al., Folia Biol. (Prague) 17, 340 (1971).  Mechanism of action:  B. Shapiro et al., Radiat. Res. 44, 421 (1970).  Radiobiological and biochemical profile:  J. W. Harris, T. L. Phillips, ibid. 46, 362 (1971).  Photoreactivity:  S. A. Grachev et al., Radiochem. Radioanal. Lett. 19, 283 (1974); H. Neumann, M. Sokolovsky, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 381, 292 (1975).  Clinical evaluation in cystinosis:  L. A. Smolin et al., Pediatr. Res. 23, 616 (1988); D. S. Theodoropoulos et al., J. Am. Med. Assoc. 270, 2200 (1993). 
Properties:  Crystals from glacial acetic acid, mp 156°.  pKa:  2.2, 5.0, 10.3. 
Melting point:  mp 156° 
pKa:  pKa:  2.2, 5.0, 10.3 
  
Derivative Type:  Sodium salt  
CAS Registry Number:  3724-89-8 
Additional Names:  Sodium hydrogen-S-(2-aminoethyl)phosphorothioate;  cystafos;  cystaphos 
Manufacturers' Codes:  WR-638 
Molecular Formula:  C2H7NNaO3PS 
Molecular Weight:  179.11 
Percent Composition:  C 13.41%, H 3.94%, N 7.82%, Na 12.84%, O 26.80%, P 17.29%, S 17.90% 
Properties:  White crystalline water soluble powder.  LD50 i.p. in male mice:  0.93 ±0.03 g/kg (Hansen). 
Toxicity data:  LD50 i.p. in male mice:  0.93 ±0.03 g/kg (Hansen) 
  
Use:  Research radioprotective agent. 
Therap-Cat:  Treatment of cystinosis.   |