METHENAMINE

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Search structure


Synonyms	Aminoform E-239 E239 Hexamethylenamine Hexamethylene tetramine Hexamethylenetetramine Hexamine INS NO.239 INS-239 Methenamine NSC-26346 NSC-403347 Uritone Urotropin
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	J01XX05
UNII	J50OIX95QV
EPA CompTox	DTXSID6020692

Structure


InChI Key	VKYKSIONXSXAKP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	C1N2CN3CN1CN(C2)C3
InChI	InChI=1S/C6H12N4/c1-7-2-9-4-8(1)5-10(3-7)6-9/h1-6H2

Physicochemical Descriptors

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C6H12N4
Molecular Weight	140.19
AlogP	-1.02
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	4.0
Polar Surface Area	12.96
Molecular species	NEUTRAL
Aromatic Rings	0.0
Heavy Atoms	10.0

Pharmacology

Targets	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Transporter Electrochemical transporter SLC superfamily of solute carriers SLC21/SLCO family of organic anion transporting polypeptides	-	-	-	-	72.89-93.33

	EC50(nM)	IC50(nM)	Kd(nM)	Ki(nM)	Inhibition(%)
Cricetulus griseus	-	-	-	-	72.89-93.33

Environmental Exposure

Environmental Exposure Map

Countries
Vietnam

Cross References

Resources	Reference
CAS NUMBER	100-97-0
ChEBI	6824
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1201270
DrugBank	DB06799
DrugCentral	3344
FDA SRS	J50OIX95QV
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0029598
Guide to Pharmacology	10913
PubChem	4101
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL33785
ZINC	ZINC000086040406

CONTENTS

EcoDrug+ was developed under the PREMIER Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 875508. The JU receives support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The views reflect only the authors’ perspective and the JU is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information EcoDrug+ contains.

Elements of EcoDrug+ were developed under the Biocenter Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology network. CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd is thanked for providing computational resources. Credit is given to Ensembl for collecting species images (provided under public domain licences such as Wikimedia and NHGRI).

Content of EcoDrug+ is provided without guarantee for correctness.

Cite Us:

Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 54, Issue D1, 6 January 2026, Pages D1397–D1404, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1251

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