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2-mercaptobenzothiazole: Overview.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Pharmacologically active on Thyroid peroxidase
- Formula / weight
- C7H5NS2 · 167.251 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- United States, 2012
- Also known as
- Benzothiazolethiol · Benzothiazolyl mercaptan · Mercaptobenzothiazole
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
YXIWHUQXZSMYRE-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESS=C1NC2=C(S1)C=CC=C2Targets
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