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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C2H5NO3
Molecular Weight 91.066
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of ETHYL NITRATE

SMILES

CCO[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

InChIKey=IDNUEBSJWINEMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C2H5NO3/c1-2-6-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Ethyl nitrate is an inhaled organic nitrate that affects pulmonary vascular tone and may be used as a possible treatment for persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Ethyl nitrate acts by generating NO, which activates soluble guanylate cyclase to increase intracellular cyclic GMP. This, in turn, leads to a decrease in intracellular calcium and relaxation of the vascular smooth muscle.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
A novel inhaled organic nitrate that affects pulmonary vascular tone in a piglet model of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
2005-09
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

In a preclinical study, swine were treated with 0.0025, 0.025, 0.125, 1.25, 2.5% ethyl nitrate gas.
Route of Administration: Respiratory
Rabbit pulmonary artery rings were exposed to phenylephrine to induce contraction and then liquid ethyl nitrate was added to the baths at an initial concentration of 1 nM and then increased 10-fold at a time to a final concentration of 0.1 mM. Dose-dependent relaxation was seen between 0.1 uM and 0.1 mM with pIC50 value of 4.5.
Name Type Language
ETHYLUM NITRICUM
HPUS  
Preferred Name English
ETHYL NITRATE
HSDB  
Systematic Name English
ETHYL NITRATE [HSDB]
Common Name English
ETHYLUM NITRICUM [HPUS]
Common Name English
NSC-8826
Code English
ETHYL ESTER
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
MESH
C465446
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CAS
625-58-1
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HSDB
415
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RXCUI
1314360
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NCI_THESAURUS
C45678
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CONCEPT Industrial Aid
SMS_ID
100000156789
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
210-903-3
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PUBCHEM
12259
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FDA UNII
E1ZT886LR5
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID0060806
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NCI_THESAURUS
C82283
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NSC
8826
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EVMPD
SUB130809
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WIKIPEDIA
ETHYL NITRATE
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DAILYMED
E1ZT886LR5
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