Phenindione

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Phenindione
Phenindione.svg
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
Pregnancy
category
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding 88%
Elimination half-life 5 to 10 hours
Identifiers
  • 2-phenyl-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione
CAS Number
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C15H10O2
Molar mass 222.243 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C2c1ccccc1C(=O)C2c3ccccc3
  • InChI=1S/C15H10O2/c16-14-11-8-4-5-9-12(11)15(17)13(14)10-6-2-1-3-7-10/h1-9,13H Yes check.svgY
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Phenindione is an anticoagulant which functions as a Vitamin K antagonist.

Phenindione was introduced in the early 1950s. It acts similar to warfarin, but it has been associated with hypersensitivity reactions, so it is rarely used and warfarin is preferred. [1] [2]

References

  1. Naisbitt DJ, Farrell J, Chamberlain PJ, Hopkins JE, Berry NG, Pirmohamed M, Park BK (June 2005). "Characterization of the T-cell response in a patient with phenindione hypersensitivity". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 313 (3): 1058–65. doi:10.1124/jpet.105.083758. PMID   15743920. S2CID   17052792.
  2. Sweetman SC, ed. (2009). Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (36th ed.). London: Pharmaceutical Press. "Phenindione", p. 1369.