Term Name: | metamizole |
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Synonyms: | (antipyrinylmethylamino)methanesulfonic acid, [(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)(methyl)amino]methanesulfonic acid, [(2,3-dihydro-1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methylamino]methanesulfonic acid, metamizol, metamizolum, N-(2,3-dimethyl-5-oxo-1-phenyl-3-pyrazolin-4-yl)-N-methylaminomethanesulfonic acid |
Definition: | A pyrazole that is antiipyrine substituted at C-4 by a methyl(sulfomethyl)amino group, the sodium salt of which, metamizole sodium, was widely used as a powerful analgesic and antipyretic, but withdrawn from many markets from the 1970s due to a risk of causing risk of causing agranulocytosis. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:62088] ( EBI ) |