CTI-01 (ethyl pyruvate) is an investigational anti-inflammatory agent for the treatment of critical inflammatory conditions. CTI-01 was developed by Critical Therapeutics as a stable prodrug of pyruvate, a potent antioxidant, and a free radical scavenger. The drug showed an anti-inflammatory and tissue protection activity in animal models of pancreatitis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, sepsis, renal injury, and endotoxemia. CTI-01 was investigated in phase 2 clinical trials on patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, but despite positive results in animal models, administration of EP does not appear to confer any benefit to cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Besides clinical applications, ethyl pyruvate is long used as an additive to pharmaceutical preparations and foods, including candy, beverages, and baked goods. It is generally recognized as safe by the FDA.

Ethyl fumarate is an anti-psoriatic agent. Its salts are used for the treatment of severe psoriasis (Fumaderm formulation). The mechanism of its action is unknown.

Ethyl cysteinate is derivative of semi-essential proteinogenic amino acid Cysteine. Ethyl cysteinate is widely used in food additive, cosmetic, pharmaceutical area. Ethyl cysteinate is membrane-permeable, readily enters peripheral tissues and the brain, and increases intracellular pools of cysteine in these tissues via a membrane-associated carboxylesterase. The increased availability of cysteine directly alters the redox status of cells and enhances glutathione production. The enhanced biovailability of L-cysteine and L-glutathione would also promote the direct formation of the S-nitrosothiols, L-S-nitrosocysteine and L-S-nitrosoglutathione and the overall S-nitrosylation status of functional proteins in cells.

Benzyldimethyl(2-(2-((4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)-O-Tolyl)Oxy)Ethoxy)Ethyl)Ammonium colloquially known as Methylbenzethonium Chloride has been used in the study stem cell death-inducing small molecules as well as anti-leishmanial activity. It is a component of the pharmaceutical preparation 'Leshctan' antibacterial ointment in Isreal.

Benzyldimethyl(2-(2-((4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)-O-Tolyl)Oxy)Ethoxy)Ethyl)Ammonium colloquially known as Methylbenzethonium Chloride has been used in the study stem cell death-inducing small molecules as well as anti-leishmanial activity. It is a component of the pharmaceutical preparation 'Leshctan' antibacterial ointment in Isreal.

Iophendylate (Pantopaque (in USA) or Myodil, formerly manufactures by Glaxo Laboratories (London,UK) was commonly used from the 1940s until the late 1980s for myelography, cisternography, and ventriculography; the use of oil-based contrast agents such as Myodil has been discontinued, and images of intradural oil-based contrast are rarely encountered at present. In 1942 Van Wagenen (a neurosurgical colleague of Warrens, at the University of Rochester) identified Iophendylate as causing chemical meningitis in 30 patients where "space-displacing masses within the spinal canal were suspected". Iophendylate has been shown to be both a radiographic and magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent in patients with suspected cord abnormalities who underwent MR examination following myelography. The iophendylate appears as a linear band of high signal intensity along the dependent portion of the spinal canal on MR images obtained with a repetition time of 500 msec and an echo time of 30 msec. Recently was published report, where depicted a unique case of posteriorly located subdural trapped Myodil, about three decades after myelography. The clinical picture of that case highlighted that such a complication didn’t carry the risk of arachnoiditis and could remain silent for several decades. Although Iophendylate is not used for evaluation of spinal disease anymore in the modern diagnostic era, its former use and its intrathecal persistence makes its recognition in MR imaging important. That case emphasized the necessity of awareness about these rare features which continue to present even decades after abandonment of oil-based myelography.

Methylbenzethonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium with antimicrobial activity, which is used in combination with aminoglycoside antibiotic, paromomycin (brand name LESHCUTAN) for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Methylbenzethonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium with antimicrobial activity, which is used in combination with aminoglycoside antibiotic, paromomycin (brand name LESHCUTAN) for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.