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Betamethasone 21-phosphate disodium

≥97%, glucocorticoid steroid, powder

Synonym(s):

Betamethasone disodium phosphate, Betamethasone sodium phosphate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H28FNa2O8P
CAS Number:
151-73-5
Molecular Weight:
516.40
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
24892013
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
EC Number:
205-797-0
MDL number:
MFCD00200361
Assay:
≥97%
Form:
powder
Quality level:
100
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Product Name

Betamethasone 21-phosphate disodium, ≥97%

sterility

non-sterile

Quality Level

100

assay

≥97%

form

powder

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, faintly yellow

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[H][C@@]12CCC3=CC(=O)C=C[C@]3(C)[C@@]1(F)[C@@H](O)C[C@@]4(C)[C@@]2([H])C[C@H](C)[C@]4(O)C(=O)COP([O-])([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C22H30FO8P.2Na/c1-12-8-16-15-5-4-13-9-14(24)6-7-19(13,2)21(15,23)17(25)10-20(16,3)22(12,27)18(26)11-31-32(28,29)30;;/h6-7,9,12,15-17,25,27H,4-5,8,10-11H2,1-3H3,(H2,28,29,30);;/q;2*+1/p-2/t12-,15-,16-,17-,19-,20-,21-,22-;;/m0../s1

InChI key

PLCQGRYPOISRTQ-LWCNAHDDSA-L

Gene Information

human ... NR3C1(2908)

General description

Betamethasone is a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive abilities, used especially where water retention is undesirable. It is applied as a topical cream, ointment, lotion or gel to treat itching (e.g. from eczema). Corticosteroid used to stimulate fetal lung maturation and to decrease the incidence and mortality from intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants

Biochem/physiol Actions

Betamethasone is used to treat neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, and psoriasis.

pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 2

target_organs

Liver,Kidney,Endocrine system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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MKCK3324
MKBS9676V
SLBB0343V

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Efficacy results of a 52-week, randomised, double-blind, safety study of a calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate two-compound product (Daivobet/Dovobet/Taclonex) in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris
Kragballe K, et al.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland), 213(4), 319-326 (2006)
Tsutomu Ishihara et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 385(1-2), 170-175 (2009-10-20)
We have prepared polymeric nanoparticles using a blend of poly(lactic acid) and monomethoxy-polyethyleneglycol(PEG)-polylactide block copolymer along with betamethasone disodium phosphate (BP). Nanoparticles have been screened for anti-inflammatory activity using experimental rat models of inflammation. In the present study, we examined
Jun Lu et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(44), 6932-6941 (2010-09-22)
Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate and Betamethasone Acetate are the two corticosteroids active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that are present in the injectable formulation, Celestone Chronodose(®) Injection. It is extremely challenging to develop a Quality Control friendly HPLC method to separate all the
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