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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 Sep
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
ETHYL NITRATE
HSDB  
Systematic Name English
ETHYL NITRATE [HSDB]
Common Name English
ETHYLUM NITRICUM [HPUS]
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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