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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C34H32N4O4.Cl.Fe
Molecular Weight 651.94
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of HEMIN

SMILES

[Cl-].[Fe+3].Cc1c(CCC(O)=O)c2cc3[n-]c(cc4nc(cc5[n-]c(cc1n2)c(C=C)c5C)c(C=C)c4C)c(C)c3CCC(O)=O

InChI

InChIKey=BTIJJDXEELBZFS-HXFTUNQESA-K
InChI=1S/C34H34N4O4.ClH.Fe/c1-7-21-17(3)25-13-26-19(5)23(9-11-33(39)40)31(37-26)16-32-24(10-12-34(41)42)20(6)28(38-32)15-30-22(8-2)18(4)27(36-30)14-29(21)35-25;;/h7-8,13-16H,1-2,9-12H2,3-6H3,(H4,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42);1H;/q;;+3/p-3/b25-13-,26-13-,27-14-,28-15-,29-14-,30-15-,31-16-,32-16-;;

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula Fe
Molecular Weight 55.845
Charge 3
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C34H30N4O4
Molecular Weight 558.6264
Charge -2
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description
Curator's Comment: Description was created based on several sources, including https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17766326

Hemin (trade name Panhematin) is a protoporphyrin IX containing a ferric iron ion (heme B) with a chloride ligand, which is is indicated for the amelioration of recurrent attacks of acute intermittent porphyria temporally related to the menstrual cycle in susceptible women. Manifestations such as pain, hypertension, tachycardia, abnormal mental status and mild to progressive neurologic signs may be controlled in selected patients with this disorder. the therapy for the acute porphyrias is not curative. Heme acts to limit the hepatic and/or marrow synthesis of porphyrin. This action is likely due to the inhibition of δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase, the enzyme which limits the rate of the porphyrin/heme biosynthetic pathway. The exact mechanism by which hematin produces symptomatic improvement in patients with acute episodes of the hepatic porphyrias has not been elucidated.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: hemin improves barrier function and neurological outcome in experimental models of traumatic and ischemic CNS injury

Originator

Curator's Comment: Protoporphyrin was first found to be an iron-free derivative of hemoglobin by Kämmerer in 1923

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Prolmon

Approved Use

Treatment of liver disorders
Primary
Panhematin

Approved Use

PANHEMATIN (hemin for injection) is indicated for the amelioration of recurrent attacks of acute intermittent porphyria temporally related to the menstrual cycle in susceptible women. Manifestations such as pain, hypertension, tachycardia, abnormal mental status and mild to progressive neurologic signs may be controlled in selected patients with this disorder. Similar findings have been reported in other patients with acute intermittent porphyria, porphyria variegata and hereditary coproporphyria. PANHEMATIN is not indicated in porphyria cutanea tarda.
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
742 ng/mL
40 mg single, oral
dose: 40 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROTOPORPHYRIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
9.6 μg × h/mL
40 mg single, oral
dose: 40 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROTOPORPHYRIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
4 h
40 mg single, oral
dose: 40 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PROTOPORPHYRIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

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Drug as victim

Drug as victim

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Constitutive active/androstane receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α, and cytotoxicity are involved in oxadiazon-induced liver tumor development in mice.
2016-02
Structural requirements within protoporphyrin IX in the inhibition of heat shock protein 90.
2013-06-25
Myrrh mediates haem oxygenase-1 expression to suppress the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in RAW264.7 macrophages.
2011-09
Sulfasalazine induces haem oxygenase-1 via ROS-dependent Nrf2 signalling, leading to control of neointimal hyperplasia.
2009-06-01
Reactive oxygen species-independent apoptosis in doxorubicin-treated H9c2 cardiomyocytes: role for heme oxygenase-1 down-modulation.
2009-01-15
Regulation of heme synthesis and proteasomal activity by copper: possible implications for Wilson's disease.
2009
Accumulation of protoporphyrin-IX in rat Leydig cells following induction by 5-aminolevulinic acid and tramadol.
2007-12
Correlation between macroscopic fluorescence and protoporphyrin IX content in psoriasis and actinic keratosis following application of aminolevulinic acid.
2005-10
Novel lipid mediator aspirin-triggered lipoxin A4 induces heme oxygenase-1 in endothelial cells.
2005-09
Metalloporphyrins inactivate caspase-3 and -8.
2005-08
Residues stabilizing the heme moiety of the nitric oxide sensor soluble guanylate cyclase.
2005-04-18
A spectrophotometric micromethod for determining erythrocyte protoporphyrin-IX in whole blood or erythrocytes.
2005
Fluorescence microspectroscopy technique for the study of intracellular protoporphyrin IX dynamics.
2003-06
Quantitative model calculation of the time-dependent protoporphyrin IX concentration in normal human epidermis after delivery of ALA by passive topical application or lontophoresis.
2002-04
The influence of UV exposure on 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX production in skin.
2001-12
Oral aminolevulinic acid induces protoporphyrin IX fluorescence in psoriatic plaques and peripheral blood cells.
2001-08
A key role for the mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor in cellular photosensitisation with delta-aminolaevulinic acid.
2000-10-13
Cell-type specific protoporphyrin IX metabolism in human bladder cancer in vitro.
2000-08
Accumulation of protoporphyrin-IX (PpIX) in leukemic cell lines following induction by 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA).
2000-07
The morphological changes in rat bladder after photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolaevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX.
2000-07
A vehicle for photodynamic therapy of skin cancer: influence of dimethylsulphoxide on 5-aminolevulinic acid in vitro cutaneous permeation and in vivo protoporphyrin IX accumulation determined by confocal microscopy.
2000-04-03
The heme synthesis and degradation pathways: role in oxidant sensitivity. Heme oxygenase has both pro- and antioxidant properties.
2000-01-15
Comparative effect of ALA derivatives on protoporphyrin IX production in human and rat skin organ cultures.
1999-07
MAP kinase-independent induction of proto-oncogene c-fos mRNA by hemin in human cells.
1999-06-24
A screening assay for antiviral compounds targeted to the HIV-1 gp41 core structure using a conformation-specific monoclonal antibody.
1999-06
Endoscopic fluorescence detection of dysplasia in patients with Barrett's esophagus, ulcerative colitis, or adenomatous polyps after 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX sensitization.
1999-01
Non-iron metalloporphyrins: potent antibacterial compounds that exploit haem/Hb uptake systems of pathogenic bacteria.
1999-01
Effect of lindane and heptachlor on delta-aminolaevulinate synthase and its regulation.
1998-11
Involvement of the tyrosine phosphorylation pathway in induction of human heme oxygenase-1 by hemin, sodium arsenite, and cadmium chloride.
1998-09
Pharmacokinetics of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX in skin and blood.
1997-10
Development of refractoriness of induced human heme oxygenase-1 gene expression to reinduction by UVA irradiation and hemin.
1997-10
Effects of combinations of stem cell factor and hemin on erythropoiesis after azidothymidine treatment of immunosuppressed mice.
1996-08
Expression of heme oxygenase isozyme mRNAs in the human brain and induction of heme oxygenase-1 by nitric oxide donors.
1996-08
Cloning and expression of a cDNA for mu-class glutathione S-transferase from rabbit liver.
1995-04-20
Iron protoporphyrin IX (hemin) but not tin or zinc protoporphyrin IX can stimulate gene expression in K562 cells from enhancer elements containing binding sites for NF-E2.
1994-08-15
Three-dimensional structure-activity analysis of a series of porphyrin derivatives with anti-HIV-1 activity targeted to the V3 loop of the gp120 envelope glycoprotein of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
1994-04-15
Specific inhibition of HIV-1 protease by boronated porphyrins.
1992-09-04
Protoporphyrin IX photosensitization of corneal endothelium.
1989-10
Anti-HIV activity of protoporphyrin.
1989-06
The concentration of protoporphyrin IX in workers occupationally exposed to lead.
1989-04-01
[Automated HPLC method for determining zinc protoporphyrin IX and protoporphyrin IX in erythrocytes of workers exposed to lead].
1988-11
Simultaneous quantification of erythrocyte zinc protoporphyrin and protoporphyrin IX by liquid chromatography.
1986-12
[Plasma indicators of iron metabolism in persons occupationally exposed to organic solvents with normal and increased levels of protoporphyrin IX in erythrocytes].
1986-07-07
Prevention of anthracycline-induced cytotoxicity in hemopoietic cells by hemin.
1986-07
Accumulation and drainage of hemin in the red cell membrane.
1985-12-05
[Protoporphyrin IX level in erythrocytes of persons with alcoholic liver cirrhosis].
1985-07-15
[Erythrocyte protoporphyrin IX in occupational exposure to asbestos].
1984
The selective enhancing influence of hemin and products of human erythrocytes on colony formation by human multipotential (CFUGEMM) and erythroid (BFUE) progenitor cells in vitro.
1983-09
Micro-scale photofluorometric determination of "free erythrocyte pophyrin" (protoporphyrin IX).
1975-10
[Thin layer chromatographic separation of porphyrins, hemin and lipids on Silica Gel H plates for the determination of the erythrocyte porphyrins as their methyl esters].
1968-06-04
Patents

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Name Type Language
NSC-122707
Preferred Name English
HEMIN
MI   VANDF   WHO-DD  
Common Name English
Hemin [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
HEMIN [MI]
Common Name English
FERRIPROTOPORPHYRIN CHLORIDE
Common Name English
HEMIN [JAN]
Common Name English
FERRATE(2-), CHLORO(7,12-DIETHENYL-3,8,13,17-TETRAMETHYL-21H,23H-PORPHINE-2,18-DIPROPANOATO(4-)-N21,N22,N23,N24)-, DIHYDROGEN
Common Name English
HEMIN [VANDF]
Common Name English
CHLOROHEMIN
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
FDA ORPHAN DRUG 683
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 77393
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DAILYMED
743LRP9S7N
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DRUG CENTRAL
5117
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DRUG BANK
DB03404
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
240-140-1
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CAS
16009-13-5
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MESH
D006427
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EVMPD
SUB14075MIG
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FDA UNII
743LRP9S7N
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WIKIPEDIA
HEMIN
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MERCK INDEX
m5949
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RXCUI
5175
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SMS_ID
100000077913
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CHEBI
50385
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NSC
122707
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID9037662
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