Ferrous sulfateProduct ingredient for Ferrous sulfate anhydrous
- Name
- Ferrous sulfate
- Drug Entry
- Ferrous sulfate anhydrous
Iron deficiency anemia is a large public health concern worldwide, especially in young children, infants, and women of childbearing age.4 This type of anemia occurs when iron intake, iron stores, and iron loss do not adequately support the formation of erythrocytes, also known as red blood cells.8
Ferrous sulfate is a synthetic agent used in the treatment of iron deficiency. It is the gold standard of oral iron therapy in the UK and many other countries.14,18
- Accession Number
- DBSALT002666
- Structure
Structure for Ferrous sulfate (DBSALT002666)
- Synonyms
- copperas / Fero-Gradumet / Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate / Ferrous sulfate, heptahydrate / Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate / green vitriol / iron vitriol / iron(2+) sulfate heptahydrate / Iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate / melanterite / melanterite mineral
- UNII
- 39R4TAN1VT
- CAS Number
- 7782-63-0
- Weight
- Average: 278.015
Monoisotopic: 277.960624113 - Chemical Formula
- FeH14O11S
- InChI Key
- SURQXAFEQWPFPV-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Fe.H2O4S.7H2O/c;1-5(2,3)4;;;;;;;/h;(H2,1,2,3,4);7*1H2/q+2;;;;;;;;/p-2
- IUPAC Name
- lambda2-iron(2+) heptahydrate sulfate
- SMILES
- O.O.O.O.O.O.O.[Fe++].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O
- External Links
- KEGG Drug
- D01725
- ChemSpider
- 56413
- ChEBI
- 75836
- Wikipedia
- Iron(II)_sulfate
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source logP -0.84 Chemaxon pKa (Strongest Acidic) -3 Chemaxon Physiological Charge -2 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 4 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 0 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 80.26 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 0 Chemaxon Refractivity 11.53 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 5.81 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 0 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter No Chemaxon Veber's Rule No Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon