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Mesalamine
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Definition
: An anti-inflammatory agent, structurally related to the SALICYLATES, which is active in INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. It is considered to be the active moiety of SULPHASALAZINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed)
Pharmacological Action
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Other names
Novo5 ASA; Novo 5 ASA; Monosodium Salt, Mesalamine; Hydrochloride, Mesalamine; 5 Aminosalicylic Acid; 5 Aminosalicylate; meta-
Aminosalicylic Acid; m-
Aminosalicylic Acid; Yamanouchi Brand of Mesalamine; Solvay Brand of Mesalamine; SmithKline Brand of Mesalamine; Schering-
Plough Brand of Mesalamine; Sanofi Synthelabo Brand of Mesalamine; Salofalk; Rowasa; Provalis Brand of Mesalamine; Procter & Gamble Brand of Mesalamine; Pentasa; Novopharm Brand of Mesalamine; Novo-
5 ASA
Drugs
*
:
CANASA
;
SFROWASA
;
APRISO
;
ROWASA
;
ASACOL
;
ASACOL HD
;
LIALDA
;
PENTASA
;
MESALAMINE
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Drugs
*
butyrate, inulin, mesalamine drug combination
0
*Inulin
*Mesalamine
*Butyric Acid
Drug Combinations.
Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2008 Sep;54(3):231-8
5-
amino-
2-
hydroxybenzoic acid 4-
(5-
thioxo-
5H-
(1,2)dithiol-
3yl)phenyl ester
0
*Disulfides
*Mesalamine.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006 Oct;319(1):447-58
balsalazide
82101-18-6 Benzoic acid, 5-
((4-
(((2-
carboxyethyl)amino)carbonyl)phenyl)azo)-
2-
hydroxy-
, disodium salt
*Phenylhydrazines
*Mesalamine
Colitis, Ulcerative
Prodrugs
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Pharma Action
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
;
Gastrointestinal Agents
Dig Dis Sci 1983;28(7):609
COLAZAL
;
GIAZO
;
BALSALAZIDE DISODIUM