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ammonium nitrate

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Description

ammonium nitrate: structure [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

ammonium nitrate : The ammonium salt of nitric acid. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID22985
CHEMBL ID1500032
CHEBI ID63038
MeSH IDM0049189

Synonyms (59)

Synonym
ammonium nitrate
norway saltpeter
nitric acid ammonium salt
6484-52-2
NCGC00091921-01
nitric acid, ammonium salt
german saltpeter
herco prills
epa pesticide chemical code 076101
nitrate of ammonia
einecs 229-347-8
nitrato amonico [spanish]
nitrate d'ammonium [french]
merco prills
un0222
ammonium saltpeter
caswell no. 045
un2426
ammonium nitricum
nitram
hsdb 475
un1942
ammonium(i) nitrate (1:1)
varioform i
NCGC00091921-02
ammonium hydrogendinitrate
tox21_303522
dtxsid2029668 ,
cas-6484-52-2
NCGC00257475-01
dtxcid109668
tox21_202271
NCGC00259820-01
nitrate d'ammonium
nitrato amonico
nitric acid ammonium salt (1:1)
CHEBI:63038 ,
tox21_111177
unii-t8ya51m7y6
ec 229-347-8
t8ya51m7y6 ,
FT-0622337
CHEMBL1500032
AKOS025295591
ammonium nitrate [inci]
ammonium nitrate [mi]
ammonium nitrate [hsdb]
ammonium nitrate [vandf]
ammonium nitricum [hpus]
DVARTQFDIMZBAA-UHFFFAOYSA-O
mfcd00011425
ammonium nitrate acs grade
ammonium nitrate 54% in water by weight
Q182329
ammonium nitrate(v) - iv
ammonium nitrate - phase iv
ammonium nitrate(v) - iii
(n h4) (n o3)
azanium;nitrate

Research Excerpts

Overview

Ammonium nitrate (AN) is an inorganic crystalline compound used as a solid propellant oxidizer and as a nitrogenous fertilizer. It is a common water pollutant associated with many industrial and municipal activities.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Ammonium nitrate is an explosive agent that has a very low vapor pressure, which makes airborne detection very challenging. "( Emergent Electrical Properties of Ensembles of 1D Nanostructures and Their Impact on Room Temperature Electrical Sensing of Ammonium Nitrate Vapor.
Austin, A; Bastatas, LD; Echeverria-Mora, E; Mainali, P; McIlroy, DN; Wagle, P, 2018
)
2.13
"Ammonium nitrate (AN) is an inorganic crystalline compound used as a solid propellant oxidizer and as a nitrogenous fertilizer. "( Use of potassium ferrocyanide as habit modifier in the size reduction and phase modification of ammonium nitrate crystals in slurries.
Joshi, SS; Krishnamurthy, VN; Vargeese, AA, 2010
)
2.02
"Ammonium nitrate (AN) is an essential ingredient in most fertilizers. "( Thermal hazard assessment of AN and AN-based explosives.
Fouchard, R; Jones, DE; Lightfoot, PD; Turcotte, R, 2003
)
1.76
"Ammonium nitrate (NH(4)NO(3)) is a common water pollutant associated with many industrial and municipal activities. "( Biogeochemical toxicity and phytotoxicity of nitrogenous compounds in a variety of arctic soils.
Anaka, A; Siciliano, SD; Wickstrom, M, 2008
)
1.79

Effects

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Ammonium nitrate has been involved in dozens of major incidents in the last century, so a subset of major incidents were chosen for discussion for the sake of brevity."( Lessons to be learned from an analysis of ammonium nitrate disasters in the last 100 years.
Han, Z; Harding, B; Jiang, J; Mannan, MS; Pineda, A; Pittman, W; Rosas, C, 2014
)
1.39

Actions

Ammonium nitrate induced the increase of nitric oxide (NO) under iron deficiency. It did not cause any significant effect.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Ammonium nitrate induced the increase of nitric oxide (NO) under iron deficiency. "( Alleviation of iron deficiency in pear by ammonium nitrate and nitric oxide.
Li, D; Li, M; Liang, C; Liu, J; Wang, J; Wang, R; Wang, Z; Yang, Y, 2022
)
2.43
"Ammonium nitrate did not cause any significant effect."( Alteration of courtship behavior because of water acidification and minor effect of ammonium nitrate in the Iberian newt (Lissotriton boscai).
Fernández-Benéitez, MJ; Lizana, M; Marco, A; Ortiz-Santaliestra, ME, 2009
)
1.3

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Beyond research needs, reinforced legislative control by the authorities and further promotion of safe storage practices must be encouraged by the industry for end-users particularly."( Safety and security issues relating to low capacity storage of AN-based fertilizers.
Kordek, MA; Marlair, G, 2005
)
0.33
" The goal of this study is to show the obviousness of a possible toxic effect of NH4NO3 on paramecium an inferior plants resed as biological models."( Toxicity of the ammonium nitrate NH4NO3 on the respiratory metabolism of three biological models: parameciums, mosses and lichens.
Bensoltane, S; Djebar, H; Djebar, MR; Khaldi, F, 2005
)
0.67
"HAN has toxic effect on the blood system in rats for long-term exposure."( [Blood toxicity assessment of subchronic exposure to hydroxylammonium nitrate in wistar rats ].
An, H; Liu, J; Yang, L; Zhou, Y, 2007
)
0.58
"In this study, we studied the toxic effect of nitrification substrates and products on photobacterium."( [Toxicity of nitrification substrates and products to photobacterium].
Chen, T; Zheng, P, 2009
)
0.35
"3 mg/ L, respectively, and their toxic order was hydroxylamine > nitrite > ammonium > nitrate."( [Toxicity of nitrification substrates and products to photobacterium].
Chen, T; Zheng, P, 2009
)
0.35
" Ammonium nitrate is characterized by mutagenic, cytotoxic and consequently general toxic action."( Study of antimutagenic and anticytotoxic effects of biorag in case of mutations induced by ammonium nitrate.
Gakhokidze, E; Gakhokidze, R; Pirtskhelani, A; Pirtskhelani, N, 2009
)
1.48

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Using techniques commonly applied to estimate metal bioavailability in soil, the lability (E values), plant availability (L values), and extractability of added Co2+ salts with the mild chemical extractants calcium chloride (CaCl2) and ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) were observed to markedly decrease with time, particularly in soils with high pH or those containing appreciable quantities of iron/ manganese oxyhydroxide minerals."( Aging effects on cobalt availability in soils.
Kirby, JK; McLaughlin, MJ; Wendling, LA, 2009
)
0.54
"Aging reactions in soils can influence the lability and hence bioavailability of added metals in soils through their removal from labile pools into pools from which desorption is slow (non-labile pools)."( Aging effects on molybdate lability in soils.
Ajiboye, B; Kirby, JK; Ma, Y; McLaughlin, MJ, 2012
)
0.38
"The ATP-binding cassette transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is known to limit both brain penetration and oral bioavailability of many chemotherapy drugs."( A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
Ambudkar, SV; Brimacombe, KR; Chen, L; Gottesman, MM; Guha, R; Hall, MD; Klumpp-Thomas, C; Lee, OW; Lee, TD; Lusvarghi, S; Robey, RW; Shen, M; Tebase, BG, 2019
)
0.51

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" It was shown that riboxine biosynthesis did not require glucose dosing in the course of the process, with the optimal concentration being 13-15%."( [Effect of glucose and ammonium nitrogen concentrations on riboxine biosynthesis].
Biriukov, VV; Chagin, BA; Kuzmenok, VA,
)
0.13
" In addition to direct toxicity, the effect of ammonium nitrate on ecosystem resilience was investigated by dosing nitrogen-impacted soils with boric acid."( Biogeochemical toxicity and phytotoxicity of nitrogenous compounds in a variety of arctic soils.
Anaka, A; Siciliano, SD; Wickstrom, M, 2008
)
0.6
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (3)

RoleDescription
fertilizerA fertilizer is any substance that is added to soil or water to assist the growth of plants.
explosiveA substance capable of undergoing rapid and highly exothermic decomposition.
oxidising agentA substance that removes electrons from another reactant in a redox reaction.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (3)

ClassDescription
inorganic molecular entityA molecular entity that contains no carbon.
ammonium salt
inorganic nitrate salt
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Protein Targets (11)

Potency Measurements

ProteinTaxonomyMeasurementAverage (µ)Min (ref.)Avg (ref.)Max (ref.)Bioassay(s)
GLI family zinc finger 3Homo sapiens (human)Potency66.84950.000714.592883.7951AID1259369
nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 3Homo sapiens (human)Potency54.48270.001022.650876.6163AID1224838
glucocorticoid receptor [Homo sapiens]Homo sapiens (human)Potency10.68220.000214.376460.0339AID720691
retinoic acid nuclear receptor alpha variant 1Homo sapiens (human)Potency68.58960.003041.611522,387.1992AID1159552
estrogen-related nuclear receptor alphaHomo sapiens (human)Potency75.00640.001530.607315,848.9004AID1224841
estrogen nuclear receptor alphaHomo sapiens (human)Potency23.71010.000229.305416,493.5996AID743079
aryl hydrocarbon receptorHomo sapiens (human)Potency63.11000.000723.06741,258.9301AID743122
thyroid hormone receptor beta isoform 2Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)Potency29.86060.000323.4451159.6830AID743065
heat shock protein beta-1Homo sapiens (human)Potency58.20360.042027.378961.6448AID743228
histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2A isoform 2 precursorHomo sapiens (human)Potency39.81070.010323.856763.0957AID2662
nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 isoform 1Homo sapiens (human)Potency53.08040.000627.21521,122.0200AID651741
[prepared from compound, protein, and bioassay information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Bioassays (4)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID1296008Cytotoxic Profiling of Annotated Libraries Using Quantitative High-Throughput Screening2020SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D, 01, Volume: 25, Issue:1
Cytotoxic Profiling of Annotated and Diverse Chemical Libraries Using Quantitative High-Throughput Screening.
AID1346986P-glycoprotein substrates identified in KB-3-1 adenocarcinoma cell line, qHTS therapeutic library screen2019Molecular pharmacology, 11, Volume: 96, Issue:5
A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
AID1346987P-glycoprotein substrates identified in KB-8-5-11 adenocarcinoma cell line, qHTS therapeutic library screen2019Molecular pharmacology, 11, Volume: 96, Issue:5
A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
AID504749qHTS profiling for inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum proliferation2011Science (New York, N.Y.), Aug-05, Volume: 333, Issue:6043
Chemical genomic profiling for antimalarial therapies, response signatures, and molecular targets.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (466)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199038 (8.15)18.7374
1990's27 (5.79)18.2507
2000's164 (35.19)29.6817
2010's199 (42.70)24.3611
2020's38 (8.15)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 85.45

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index85.45 (24.57)
Research Supply Index6.21 (2.92)
Research Growth Index5.12 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index153.09 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (85.45)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials1 (0.20%)5.53%
Reviews7 (1.42%)6.00%
Case Studies6 (1.21%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other480 (97.17%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]