Description
A heavy metal chelator; reverses sodium arsenite-induced inhibition of PDH in mouse kidney homogenates (ED50 = 0.25 mM); decreases cisplatin-induced increases in serum levels of platinum and BUN, as well as apoptosis in renal tubules of mice at 100 µM/kg; decreases elevations in the activity of catalase and G6PDH in RBCs from lead exposed rats at 90 mg/kg; decreases the levels of lead in the cerebellum, hippocampus, liver, kidney, and blood in rats at 100 mg/kg; decreases immobility time in the forced swim test in lead-exposed male, but not female, mice at 50 mg/kg
Formal name: (2R,3S)-rel-2,3-dimercapto-butanedioic acid
Synonyms: DMSA|Succimer
Molecular weight: 182.2
CAS: 304-55-2
Purity: ≥95%
Formulation: A crystalline solid