Acetic acid, dichloro-, compd. with N-(1-methylethyl)-2-propanamine (1:1)

개요Diisopropylammonium dichloroacetate is a hepatoprotective drug that improves the energy metabolism of hepatocytes, promotes the regeneration of injured hepatocytes, increases the rate of tissue cell respiration and oxygen respiration, and reduces the accumulation of fat in the liver. It is mainly used clinically for the treatment of fatty liver, intrahepatic cholestasis, and general liver dysfunction. It is also used in the treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis, hepatomegaly, and early cirrhosis.

역사In the 1950s, the compound diisopropylammonium dichloroacetate (DIPA) was used in the synthesis of methylated derivatives of a purportedly naturally occurring B vitamin (pangamic acid; dgluconodimethylaminoacetate). Anecdotal clinical reports appeared claimingefficacy in various metabolic and cardiovascular disorders from pharmaceuticalmixtures of pangamic acid and DIPA. In 1970,DCA was identified as themetabolically active moiety of DIPA(Stacpoole & Felts,1970) and it has beenused thereafter almost exclusively as the sodium salt.

용도Diisopropylammonium dichloroacetate (DIPA) is known to produce a significant and prolonged hypoglycemic effect in alloxan-diabetic but not in normal rats.Diisopropylamine 2,2-Dichloroacetate is used in the treatment of antituberculosis drugs-induced liver injury.