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Meglutol






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Not to be confused with Miglitol.
Meglutol
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers

  • 3-hydroxy-3-methylpentanedioic acid

CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.007.247 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6H10O5
Molar mass162.141 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)

  • O=C(O)CC(O)(C)CC(=O)O

  • InChI=1S/C6H10O5/c1-6(11,2-4(7)8)3-5(9)10/h11H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10) checkY

  • Key:NPOAOTPXWNWTSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY

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Meglutol (INN, also known as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid, β-hydroxy-β-methylglutaric acid, and dicrotalic acid) is a hypolipidemic agent.

It occurs free in Crotalaria dura and C. globifera and is bound in dicrotaline (pyrrolizidine alkaloid).

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