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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C19H27O8.Na
Molecular Weight 406.4026
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 8 / 8
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of SODIUM ARTESUNATE

SMILES

[Na+].[H][C@@]12CC[C@@H](C)[C@]3([H])CC[C@]4(C)OO[C@@]13[C@]([H])(O[C@@H](OC(=O)CCC([O-])=O)[C@@H]2C)O4

InChI

InChIKey=ZISJLHQNEVGTIU-RFEYTNPVSA-M
InChI=1S/C19H28O8.Na/c1-10-4-5-13-11(2)16(23-15(22)7-6-14(20)21)24-17-19(13)12(10)8-9-18(3,25-17)26-27-19;/h10-13,16-17H,4-9H2,1-3H3,(H,20,21);/q;+1/p-1/t10-,11-,12+,13+,16-,17-,18-,19-;/m1./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula Na
Molecular Weight 22.9898
Charge 1
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C19H27O8
Molecular Weight 383.4129
Charge -1
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 8 / 8
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description

Sodium artesunate, an artemisinin derivative, is used in malaria treatment. Artesunate, has been licensed in Thailand for the treatment of falciparum malaria since 1990. It is a potent antimalarial drug that can reduce parasitaemia by 90% within 24 h of administration. Sodium artesunate was first isolated in China, it is a water soluble antimalaria used clinically in China.

CNS Activity

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
4.1 nM [IC50]

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Sodium artesunate
Curative
Eurartesim
Curative
Unknown
Curative
Unknown
Primary
Unknown
Primary
Unknown
Primary
Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
3.1 μg/mL
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTENIMOL unknown
Homo sapiens
3.3 μg/mL
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTESUNATE unknown
Homo sapiens

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
3.5 μg × h/mL
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTENIMOL unknown
Homo sapiens
0.7 μg × h/mL
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTESUNATE unknown
Homo sapiens

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.3 h
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTENIMOL unknown
Homo sapiens
0.3 h
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTESUNATE unknown
Homo sapiens

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
7%
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTENIMOL unknown
Homo sapiens
7%
2.4 mg/kg multiple, intravenous
ARTESUNATE unknown
Homo sapiens

Doses

AEs

Overview

OverviewOther

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as victim

Tox targets

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Artesunate can be used orally, by intravenous or intramuscular injection or as a suppository. As an injection, artesunate 2.4mg/kg bw i.v or i.m. given on admission (time =0), then at 12hr and 24hr, then once a day.
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
An artemisinin concentration of 100-300 nM in vitro caused swelling of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, as well as injuries both to the limiting and to the nuclear membranes of chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum (ItG2 strain) within 2 h.
Substance Class Chemical
Record UNII
CN5E49Z611
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version