Onium Compounds

DBCAT000267Pharmacologic class

Ions with the suffix -onium, indicating cations with coordination number 4 of the type RxA+ which are analogous to QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS (H4N+). Ions include phosphonium R4P+, oxonium R3O+, sulfonium R3S+, chloronium R2Cl+. A DrugBank category of 75 drugs. 44 of them are approved.

Also known as
Compounds, Onium

What you can answer from here — as of August 24, 2016

75DrugsEach linked to its full drug card
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102Drug targetsEvery drug–target pair in the class, with bond type
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9,097Marketed productsAcross the regions we cover, with dosage forms and routes
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27Routes of administrationHow the drugs in this class are given
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