Acetic acid

DB03166ApprovedInvestigationalSmall molecule

Acetic acid is an antimicrobial agent used to treat susceptible infections of the external auditory canal. Acetic acid is a product of the oxidation of ethanol and of the destructive distillation of wood.

Chemical structure of Acetic acid
Mechanism
Curator reviewed
Primary indication
Used to treat infections in the ear canal.Curator reviewed · 5 structured indications
Formula / weight
C2H4O2 · 60.052 g/mol (avg)
First approval
Canada, 2000 · United States, 1979
Also known as
Acetic acid, glacial · Ethanoat · Ethanoate · Ethanoic acid · Ethoic acid
Code names
E-260 · FEMA NO. 2006 · INS-260 · INS NO.260 · NSC-111201 · NSC-112209 · NSC-115870 · NSC-127175 · NSC-132953 · NSC-406306
Brand names
  • Fem Ph
  • Naturalyte
  • Relagard

Resolves to

Compound
UNIIQ40Q9N063PCAS64-19-7ChEMBLCHEMBL539ChEBI15366PubChem176KEGGD00010
Clinical / RWD
RxNorm168ATCG01AD02ATCS02AA10PharmGKBPA448021
Structure
InChIKeyQTBSBXVTEAMEQO-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESCC(O)=O
Transporters
O94956SLCO2B1P53985SLC16A1

What you can answer from here — as of September 11, 2026

1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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2TransportersSubstrate / inhibitor direction, not just membership
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54Drug interactionsStructured to mechanism, not free text
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20Clinical trialsPhase, status and sponsor resolved per trial
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5Structured indicationsCondition, population, route and combination as fields, not prose
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2ContraindicationsEach with its own population and attribute set
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528Marketed productsAcross 8 countries and 62 labellers
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2ATC codesIncluding every combination product, plus 17 drug categories
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12+ReferencesStructured and connected to the statements they support
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