Cystamine Dihydrochloride

Warning

H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P264, P270, P301+P317, P330, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 53 reports by companies from 7 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Chemical: Ethanamine, 2,2'-dithiobis-, dihydrochloride

Ethanamine, 2,2'-dithiobis-, dihydrochloride: Does not have an individual approval but may be used as a component in a product covered by a group standard. It is not approved for use as a chemical in its own right.

Causes depressed renal function tests in acute inhalation studies of rats; Causes somnolence, convulsions, and respiratory depression in oral lethal-dose studies of rats and mice; [RTECS] May cause irritation; Harmful by ingestion; [Alfa Aesar MSDS] See Cystamine.

Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction.

Drugs used to protect against ionizing radiation. They are usually of interest for use in radiation therapy but have been considered for other purposes, e.g. military.

Chemical agents that react with SH groups. This is a chemically diverse group that is used for a variety of purposes. Among these are enzyme inhibition, enzyme reactivation or protection, and labelling.

An anti-infective agent most commonly used in the treatment of urinary tract infections. Its anti-infective action derives from the slow release of formaldehyde by hydrolysis at acidic pH. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p173) [ChemIDplus]