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Details

Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C6F14
Molecular Weight 338.0418
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of PERFLEXANE

SMILES

FC(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F

InChI

InChIKey=ZJIJAJXFLBMLCK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C6F14/c7-1(8,3(11,12)5(15,16)17)2(9,10)4(13,14)6(18,19)20

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C6F14
Molecular Weight 338.0418
Charge 0
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: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25382/

Perflexane is a contrast agent for ultrasound Imaging. The mechanism of action of perflexane is an ultrasound contrast activity. Perflexane is a fluorinated hydrocarbon and gaseous substance used as an imaging contrast agent in the echocardiogram. After administration in microsphere form, perflexane increases ultrasound reflectivity of blood. This leads to an improvement of ultrasound signaling. Perflexane-lipid microspheres (AFO150) is a preparation of perfluorocarbon (PFC)-based micro bubbles it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2002 for clinical use in echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border. However, AFO150 is not currently available for clinical applications.

Approval Year

Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Diagnostic
IMAGENT

Approved Use

in subjects with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border

Launch Date

2004
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
26.3 ng/mL
20 μg/kg bw single, intravenous
dose: 20 μg/kg bw
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PERFLEXANE blood
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
11.3 ng × h/mL
20 μg/kg bw single, intravenous
dose: 20 μg/kg bw
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PERFLEXANE blood
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
5.3 h
20 μg/kg bw single, intravenous
dose: 20 μg/kg bw
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PERFLEXANE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
5.7 h
20 μg/kg bw single, intravenous
dose: 20 μg/kg bw
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PERFLEXANE blood
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Delivery of water-soluble drugs using acoustically triggered perfluorocarbon double emulsions.
2010-12
Pilot study of vaporization of perfluorohexane during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in experimental acute lung injury.
2010-11
Effects of perfluorohexane vapor in the treatment of experimental lung injury.
2010-10
Controlling the thickness of hollow polymeric microspheres prepared by electrohydrodynamic atomization.
2010-08-06
Pretreatment with perfluorohexane vapor attenuates fMLP-induced lung injury in isolated perfused rabbit lungs.
2010-08
A new method for the preparation of monoporous hollow microspheres.
2010-04-06
Female scent signals enhance the resistance of male mice to influenza.
2010-03-01
Phospholipid-coated gas bubble engineering: key parameters for size and stability control, as determined by an acoustical method.
2010-02-02
Sonochemical synthesis of liquid-encapsulated lysozyme microspheres.
2010-02
Permeation of a metalworking fluid through a latex glove under field use conditions.
2010-01
Gels from a semifluorinated n-alkane in fluorinated solvents as a probe for intermolecular interactions.
2009-11-01
Perfluorinated compounds in delivering women from south central Vietnam.
2009-11
Reverse water-in-fluorocarbon microemulsions stabilized by new polyhydroxylated nonionic fluorinated surfactants.
2009-08-18
Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in the serum and milk of breastfeeding women.
2009-06
Systemic perfluorohexane attenuates lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide in rats: the role of heme oxygenase-1.
2009-05-19
A novel and stable "two-hit" acute lung injury model induced by oleic acid in piglets.
2009-03-30
Environmental hazards and health risk of common liquid perfluoro-n-alkanes, potent greenhouse gases.
2009-02
The multi-vicinal fluoroalkane motif: an examination of 2,3,4,5-tetrafluorohexane stereoisomers.
2008-09-07
Perfluorohexane-loaded macrophages as a novel ultrasound contrast agent: a feasibility study.
2008-09
Structure and depletion at fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon/water liquid/liquid interfaces.
2008-08-15
Leukocyte antibacterial functions are not impaired by perfluorocarbon exposure in vitro.
2008-07
Solvation of halogens in fluorous phases. Experimental and simulation data for F2, Cl2, and Br2 in several fluorinated liquids.
2008-05-29
Influence of collection solvent on permeation of di-n-octyl disulfide through nitrile glove material.
2008-03-01
Exposure of an adult population to perfluorinated substances using duplicate diet portions and biomonitoring data.
2007-11-15
Permeation of a straight oil metalworking fluid through disposable nitrile, chloroprene, vinyl, and latex gloves.
2007-08-25
A study of the formulation design of acoustically active lipospheres as carriers for drug delivery.
2007-08
Oil-in-oil microencapsulation technique with an external perfluorohexane phase.
2007-06-29
Real-time cerebral angiography: sensitivity of a new contrast-specific ultrasound technique.
2007-04
Phagocytosis of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles by Kupffer cells.
2007-02
Effects of vaporized perfluorohexane and partial liquid ventilation on regional distribution of alveolar damage in experimental lung injury.
2007-02
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound as a predictor of treatment efficacy within 2 weeks after transarterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma.
2007-01
Positive end-expiratory pressure at minimal respiratory elastance represents the best compromise between mechanical stress and lung aeration in oleic acid induced lung injury.
2007
Rate enhancement of Diels-Alder reactions in aqueous perfluorinated emulsions.
2006-11-23
Raman microspectroscopy/imaging study on phase-vanishing processes of fluorous biphase systems in microchannel-microheater chips.
2006-10
A model for reflectivity enhancement due to surface bound submicrometer particles.
2006-08
Cyclic variation in ultrasonic myocardial integrated backscatter is due to phasic changes in the number of patent myocardial microvessels.
2006-08
Effects of IMAGENT on pulmonary hemodynamics and gas exchange in dogs.
2006-06
Angiogenesis: noninvasive quantitative assessment with contrast-enhanced functional US in murine model.
2006-06
Polymeric nano/microcapsules of liquid perfluorocarbons for ultrasonic imaging: physical characterization.
2006-04-25
Comparative effects of vaporized perfluorohexane and partial liquid ventilation in oleic acid-induced lung injury.
2006-02
Characterization of phospholipid+semifluorinated alkane vesicle system.
2006-01-15
Investigating perfluorohexane particles with high-frequency ultrasound.
2006-01
Effects of perfluorohexan vapor on gas exchange, respiratory mechanics, and lung histology in pigs with lung injury after endotoxin infusion.
2005-09
Transcranial ultrasound angiography (T USA): a new approach for contrast specific imaging of intracranial arteries.
2005-08
Aging mechanisms of perfluorocarbon emulsions using image analysis.
2005-06-01
Perfluorohexane vapor has only minor effects on spatial pulmonary blood flow distribution in isolated rabbit lungs.
2005-04
Comparison of different inhalational perfluorocarbons in a rabbit model of acute lung injury.
2005-03-05
Vaporized perfluorohexane attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury in isolated, perfused rabbit lungs.
2005-03
Effect of oxygenated perfluorocarbons on isolated rat pancreatic islets in culture.
2005
Liquid crystalline behavior of a semifluorinated oligomer.
2004-12-08
Patents

Sample Use Guides

The recommended dose is 0.00625 mL/kg (0.125 mg/kg) administered as a single intravenous bolus over a period of not less than 10 seconds and immediately followed by a saline flush. Imagent (The active moiety, the microsphere, comprises two critical components: perflexane, the gaseous component, and DMPC, the lipid membrane component) must be used within 30 minutes of reconstitution.
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
Unknown
Substance Class Chemical
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FX3WJ41CMX
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Name Type Language
PERFLEXANE
INN   MART.   ORANGE BOOK   USAN   VANDF   WHO-DD  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
PERFLUOROHEXANE
INCI   MI  
INCI  
Preferred Name English
PERFLEXANE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
PERFLUOROHEXANE [MI]
Common Name English
AF-0150
Code English
PERFLEXANE [MART.]
Common Name English
perflexane [INN]
Common Name English
Tetradecafluorohexane
Systematic Name English
AF0150
Code English
HEXANE, TETRADECAFLUORO-
Systematic Name English
Perflexane [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
PERFLEXANE [VANDF]
Common Name English
PERFLEXANE [USAN]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NDF-RT N0000010259
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CFR 21 CFR 173.342
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NDF-RT N0000175864
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NCI_THESAURUS C1937
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Code System Code Type Description
MESH
C078626
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CHEBI
39427
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RXCUI
1540828
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EVMPD
SUB33239
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DAILYMED
FX3WJ41CMX
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WIKIPEDIA
PERFLUOROHEXANE
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SMS_ID
100000126369
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PUBCHEM
9639
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FDA UNII
FX3WJ41CMX
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DRUG BANK
DB09531
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MERCK INDEX
m8541
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PRIMARY Merck Index
HSDB
7871
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CAS
355-42-0
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INN
7917
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID7046548
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL1200607
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USAN
KK-122
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DRUG CENTRAL
3429
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
206-585-0
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NCI_THESAURUS
C47663
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