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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C10H10N2O
Molecular Weight 174.1992
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of EDARAVONE

SMILES

CC1=NN(C(=O)C1)C2=CC=CC=C2

InChI

InChIKey=QELUYTUMUWHWMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C10H10N2O/c1-8-7-10(13)12(11-8)9-5-3-2-4-6-9/h2-6H,7H2,1H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Edaravone is a free radical scavenger developed for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: Edaravone crossed BBB in rats.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Target ID: CHEMBL1689064: Hydroxyl Radical
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
RADICUT

Approved Use

Improvement of neurological symptoms, disorder of activities of daily living, and functional disorder associated with acute ischaemic stroke; Inhibition on progression of functional disorder in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Launch Date

2010
Primary
RADICUT

Approved Use

Improvement of neurological symptoms, disorder of activities of daily living, and functional disorder associated with acute ischaemic stroke; Inhibition on progression of functional disorder in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Launch Date

2010
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2.48 μg/mL
30 mg 2 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
2030.2 ng/mL
30 mg single, sublingual
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Sublingual
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
2354 ng/mL
30 mg single, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1049.3 ng/mL
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 60 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
5.24 mg × h/L
30 mg 2 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
5576.72 ng × h/mL
30 mg single, sublingual
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Sublingual
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
5981.91 ng × h/mL
30 mg single, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
1373.5 ng × h/mL
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 60 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2.52 h
30 mg 2 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
2.83 h
30 mg single, sublingual
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Sublingual
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
3.04 h
30 mg single, intravenous
dose: 30 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: FASTED
0.86 h
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
dose: 60 mg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: MULTIPLE
co-administered:
EDARAVONE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p. 77
unhealthy, 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
n = 184
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 184
Sources: Page: p. 77
Disc. AE: Respiratory disorder, Respiratory failure...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Respiratory disorder (0.5%)
Respiratory failure (1.1%)
Toxic skin eruption (0.5%)
Sources: Page: p. 77
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Respiratory disorder 0.5%
Disc. AE
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p. 77
unhealthy, 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
n = 184
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 184
Sources: Page: p. 77
Toxic skin eruption 0.5%
Disc. AE
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p. 77
unhealthy, 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
n = 184
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 184
Sources: Page: p. 77
Respiratory failure 1.1%
Disc. AE
60 mg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 60 mg, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p. 77
unhealthy, 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
n = 184
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 58.8 years (range: 29 - 75 years)
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 184
Sources: Page: p. 77
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes [IC50 121 uM]
yes [IC50 13.6 uM]
yes [IC50 2.74 uM]
yes [IC50 72.3 uM]
yes [IC50 84.5 uM]
Tox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Clinical usefulness of edaravone for acute liver injury.
2003 Jul
A novel free radical scavenger, edarabone, protects against cisplatin-induced acute renal damage in vitro and in vivo.
2003 Jun
Radical scavenger edaravone developed for clinical use ameliorates ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat kidney.
2004 May
Edaravone protects against lung injury induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion in rat.
2005 Feb 1
Free radical scavenger (edaravone) prevents endotoxin-induced liver injury after partial hepatectomy in rats.
2005 Jan
The antioxidant edaravone attenuates pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy.
2005 May
Edaravone inhibits rheumatoid synovial cell proliferation and migration.
2006 Feb
An antioxidant treatment potentially protects myocardial energy metabolism by regulating uncoupling protein 2 expression in a chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation rat model.
2006 May 15
Amelioration of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in the remnant liver after partial hepatectomy in rats.
2007 Dec
Edaravone inhibits the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in human astrocytes exposed to hypoxia.
2007 Dec
Edaravone reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury mediators in rat liver.
2007 Jan
[Ischemic stroke associated with LH-RH analogue (leuprorelin) administration in a young woman].
2007 May
Administration of free radical scavenger edaravone associated with higher frequency of hemorrhagic transformation in patients with cardiogenic embolism.
2008 Jul
Edaravone prevents iNOS expression by inhibiting its promoter transactivation and mRNA stability in cytokine-stimulated hepatocytes.
2008 Mar
The radical scavenger edaravone counteracts diabetes in multiple low-dose streptozotocin-treated mice.
2008 Mar 31
Edaravone protects against MPP+ -induced cytotoxicity in rat primary cultured astrocytes via inhibition of mitochondrial apoptotic pathway.
2008 Sep
Edaravone, a free radical scavenger, inhibits MMP-9-related brain hemorrhage in rats treated with tissue plasminogen activator.
2009 Feb
Expression of syndecan-2 in the amoeboid microglial cells and its involvement in inflammation in the hypoxic developing brain.
2009 Feb
Expression of angiotensin II and its receptors in the normal and hypoxic amoeboid microglial cells and murine BV-2 cells.
2009 Feb 18
Protective effect of edaravone against tobramycin-induced ototoxicity.
2009 Jan
Reactive oxygen species modulate growth of cerebral aneurysms: a study using the free radical scavenger edaravone and p47phox(-/-) mice.
2009 Jul
[Effects of edaravone on IRE1 mRNA expression and neuronal apoptosis in the hippocampus of rats with status convulsivus].
2009 Jun
Oxygen-glucose deprivation activates 5-lipoxygenase mediated by oxidative stress through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in PC12 cells.
2009 Mar
Protective effect of edaravone against PrP106-126-induced PC12 cell death.
2010 Jul-Aug
Protective effects of the free radical scavenger edaravone on acute pancreatitis-associated lung injury.
2010 Mar 25
Edaravone, a novel antidote against lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis induced by paraquat?
2011 Jan
Edaravone inhibits hypoxia-induced trophoblast-soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 expression: a possible therapeutic approach to preeclampsia.
2014 Jul
A novel pyrazolone-based derivative induces apoptosis in human esophageal cells via reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and caspase-dependent mitochondria-mediated pathway.
2015 Apr 25
Change in soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) during cisplatin-induced acute renal failure in mice.
2015 Aug
Ginsenoside Rd attenuates Aβ25-35-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in primary cultured hippocampal neurons.
2015 Sep 5
Patents

Sample Use Guides

30 mg of edaravone diluted with an appropriate volume of physiological saline, intravenously over 30 minutes twice a day in the morning and the evening (stroke); 60 mg of edaravone diluted with an appropriate volume of physiological saline, intravenously over 60 minutes once a day (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
1 uM or more of edaravone inhibited cultured vascular endothelial cell injury in vitro caused by 15-HPETE (hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid).
Name Type Language
EDARAVONE
HSDB   INN   JAN   MART.   USAN   WHO-DD  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
3H-PYRAZOL-3-ONE, 2,4-DIHYDRO-5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-
Systematic Name English
COLOREX PMP
Brand Name English
NORPHENAZONE [MI]
Common Name English
NSC-12
Code English
NSC-2629
Code English
C.I. DEVELOPER 1
Common Name English
NORPHENAZONE
MI  
Common Name English
DEVELOPER Z
Common Name English
RADICUT
Brand Name English
EDARAVONE [USAN]
Common Name English
EDARAVONE [HSDB]
Common Name English
MCI-186
Code English
1-PHENYL-3-METHYL-5-PYRAZOLONE
Systematic Name English
EDARAVONE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
RADICAVA
Brand Name English
NSC-26139
Code English
JAROCOL PMP
Brand Name English
3-Methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one
Systematic Name English
PHENAZONE IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Edaravone [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
PHENYL METHYL PYRAZOLONE
INCI  
INCI  
Official Name English
ANTIPYRINE RELATED COMPOUND A [USP-RS]
Common Name English
EDARAVONE [MART.]
Common Name English
EDARAVONE [JAN]
Common Name English
PHENYLMETHYLPYRAZOLONE
Systematic Name English
PHENYL METHYL PYRAZOLONE [INCI]
Common Name English
ANTIPYRINE RELATED COMPOUND A [USP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
edaravone [INN]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C1509
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 847021
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WHO-ATC N07XX14
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 478215
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 754420
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EU-Orphan Drug EU/3/15/1510
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 465514
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Code System Code Type Description
JAPANESE REVIEW
RADICUT
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PRIMARY APPROVED JUNE 2015
DRUG BANK
DB12243
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PRIMARY
RXCUI
1921877
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PRIMARY
CHEBI
31530
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PRIMARY
NSC
2629
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PRIMARY
NSC
12
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PRIMARY
SMS_ID
100000088126
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PRIMARY
CAS
89-25-8
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PRIMARY
MESH
C005435
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DAILYMED
S798V6YJRP
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PRIMARY
ChEMBL
CHEMBL290916
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PRIMARY
PUBCHEM
4021
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PRIMARY
NSC
26139
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PRIMARY
CAS
942-32-5
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ALTERNATIVE
HSDB
4102
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PRIMARY
WIKIPEDIA
EDARAVONE
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PRIMARY
ECHA (EC/EINECS)
201-891-0
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PRIMARY
CAS
19735-89-8
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ALTERNATIVE
INN
7362
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DRUG CENTRAL
4156
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EVMPD
SUB06453MIG
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MERCK INDEX
m8072
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PRIMARY Merck Index
RS_ITEM_NUM
1040016
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PRIMARY
ECHA (EC/EINECS)
213-390-4
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ALTERNATIVE
NCI_THESAURUS
C74323
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID9021130
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FDA UNII
S798V6YJRP
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PRIMARY
USAN
DE-18
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