 Succimer
"Succimer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mercaptodicarboxylic acid used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning because it forms strong chelates with them.
| Descriptor ID |
D004113
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.337.759.500 D02.886.489.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Succimer- Succimer
- DMSA
- meso-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, meso-Dimercaptosuccinic
- meso Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Butanedioic Acid, 2,3-Dimercapto-, (R*,S*)-Isomer
2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid- 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- 2,3 Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic
- Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, Dimercaptosuccinic
Succimer, Tin Salt- Succimer, Tin Salt
- Tin Salt Succimer
- Tin Dimercaptosuccinate
- Dimercaptosuccinate, Tin
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Succimer" by people in Profiles.
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Thurtle N, Greig J, Cooney L, Amitai Y, Ariti C, Brown MJ, Kosnett MJ, Moussally K, Sani-Gwarzo N, Akpan H, Shanks L, Dargan PI. Description of 3,180 courses of chelation with dimercaptosuccinic acid in children = 5 y with severe lead poisoning in Zamfara, Northern Nigeria: a retrospective analysis of programme data. PLoS Med. 2014 Oct; 11(10):e1001739.
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Kosnett MJ. The role of chelation in the treatment of arsenic and mercury poisoning. J Med Toxicol. 2013 Dec; 9(4):347-54.
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M?ckter H, Islambouli S, Doklea E, Hopfer C, Szinicz L, Fichtl B, Forth W. Isolated rat kidney tubules as a screening system for arsenic antidotes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1993 Jul; 121(1):118-28.
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Kosnett MJ. Unanswered questions in metal chelation. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1992; 30(4):529-47.
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