Description
A hepatoprotective agent; inhibits A23187-induced metabolism of arachidonic acid to the 5-LO metabolites LTB4 and 5-HETE in macrophages isolated from the ascitic fluid of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis; prevents increases in plasma GPT and GOT activities in a rat model of carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury at 50 mg/kg; reduces hepatic deposition of type III procollagen, type IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin in a rat model of dimethylnitrosamine-induced hepatic fibrosis at 100 mg/kg
Formal name: 2-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-propanedioic acid, 1,3-bis(1-methylethyl) ester
Synonyms: NKK-105
Molecular weight: 288.4
CAS: 59937-28-9
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A solid