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etidronic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as Didronel®, etidronate disodium, Ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonate, 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid, 1-Hydroxyethane-1,1-bisphosphonic acid, 1-Hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonate, 1-Hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, 1-Hydroxyethanediphosphonic acid
chemical compound
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, etidronic acid is referenced by 43 other articles, and connects out to alendronic acid, corrosion inhibitor and nitrogen.
It is catalogued under topics including Bisphosphonates, Chelating agents and Drugs with non-standard legal status.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H8O7P2
- Molecular weight
- 206.03 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (1-hydroxy-1-phosphonoethyl)phosphonic acid
- SMILES
- CC(O)(P(=O)(O)O)P(=O)(O)O
- InChIKey
- DBVJJBKOTRCVKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -3.7
- Polar surface area
- 135 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 5
- H-bond acceptors
- 7
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Approved
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- First approval
- 1977
- Admin. routes
- oral, parenteral
- Indications
- bone disease, autosomal recessive inherited pseudoxanthoma elasticum
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Research
2,949 papers- Etidronic acid. A review of its pharmacological properties and therapeutic efficacy in resorptive bone disease.Drugs & aging · 1994
- Effects of phytic acid and etidronic acid using continuous and sequential chelation on the removal of smear layer, dentin microhardness, and push-out bond strength of calcium silicate-based cement.BMC oral health · 2025
- Risedronate.Drugs & aging · 1998
- Effect of etidronic acid on arterial calcification in dialysis patients.Clinical drug investigation · 2006
- [Risedronate].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- bisphosphonate
- Mass
- 205.975
- Has use
- medication
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₈O₇P₂
- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- etidronic acid
- canonical SMILES
- CC(O)(P(=O)(O)O)P(=O)(O)O
- medical condition treated
- hypercalcemia
- Commons category
- Etidronic acid
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