Phenindione

This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Phenindione is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:

Phenindione
Systematic (IUPAC) name
2-phenylindene-1,3-dione
Identifiers
CAS number 83-12-5
ATC code B01AA02
PubChem 4760
DrugBank APRD00166
Chemical data
Formula C15H10O2 
Mol. mass 222.239 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability  ?
Protein binding 88%
Metabolism  ?
Half life 5 to 10 hours
Excretion  ?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.

D(AU) Passes into breast milk

Legal status
Routes Oral

Phenindione is an anticoagulant which functions as a Vitamin K antagonist.

External links

Wikipedia content modification information:

  • This page was last modified on 31 August 2007, at 16:58.

Wikipedia Authorship and Review

Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.

Wikipedia Usage Guidelines

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Phenindione".

The URL for this specific entry is:

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.