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arsenic acid

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Description

arsenic acid: RN given refers to orthoarsenic acid(H3AsO4); see also sodium arsenate [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

arsenic acid : An arsenic oxoacid comprising one oxo group and three hydroxy groups attached to a central arsenic atom. [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 CID234
CHEMBL ID2374288
CHEBI ID18231
MeSH IDM0085283

Synonyms (50)

Synonym
un1553
arsenic acid h3aso4
caswell no. 056
arsenic acid, liquid
un1554
desiccant l-10
hi-yield desiccant h-10
dessicant l-10
rcra waste number p010
zotox crab grass killer
einecs 231-901-9
acide arsenique liquide [french]
hsdb 431
zotox
epa pesticide chemical code 006801
scorch
rcra waste no. p010
crab grass killer
arsenic acid (h3aso4)
arsoric acid
tetraoxoarsenic acid
trihydrogen tetraoxoarsenate
h3aso4
[aso(oh)3]
trihydroxidooxidoarsenic
CHEBI:18231 ,
lithium arsenate (li3aso4)
nsc309956
C01478
7778-39-4
orthoarsenic acid
arsenic acid
arsenic acid, solid [un1554] [poison]
arsenic acid, solid
acide arsenique liquide
unii-n7ciz75zpn
ec 231-901-9
n7ciz75zpn ,
arsenic acid, liquid [un1553] [poison]
8ar ,
arsenic acid [hsdb]
arsenic acid [who-dd]
arsenic acid [mi]
DJHGAFSJWGLOIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CHEMBL2374288
DTXSID1034341
tetraoxidoarsenate(3-)
Q413334
FT-0700710
monocesium arsenate, 2h-labeled

Research Excerpts

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The minimum concentration of the chemicals at which enzyme leakage from hepatocytes was significantly increased was defined as the lowest toxic concentration (TCL0)."( [Toxicity assessments of chemical substances using primary culture of rat hepatocytes].
Fang, JF; Ishikawa, S; Kitagawa, Y; Manabe, S; Nakajima, K; Wada, O; Yanagisawa, H, 1986
)
0.27
" The order of toxicity of the arsenic compounds to the worms was PDA > arsenite > arsenate (24 h LD50 values were 189."( Evaluation of three antidotes on arsenic toxicity in the common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris).
Chien, PK; Furst, A; Li, W,
)
0.13
" These results suggest that GSH plays a role in protecting the cells against the toxic effects of As3+, As5+, MAA and TMAO while it is involved in the induction of the cytotoxic effects of DMAA."( Glutathione plays different roles in the induction of the cytotoxic effects of inorganic and organic arsenic compounds in cultured BALB/c 3T3 cells.
Kaise, T; Ochi, T; Oya-Ohta, Y, 1994
)
0.29
" Pentavalent mono- and dimethylated arsenicals are less acutely toxic than iAs."( Comparative toxicity of trivalent and pentavalent inorganic and methylated arsenicals in rat and human cells.
Cullen, WR; Del Razo, LM; Germolec, DR; Hamilton, GA; LeCluyse, EL; Reed, W; Styblo, M; Thomas, DJ; Vega, L; Wang, C, 2000
)
0.31
" HAsO42- and H2AsO3-were found to be the most toxic species."( Effect of pH on arsenate and arsenite toxicity to luminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri).
Fulladosa, E; Martínez, M; Murat, JC; Villaescusa, I, 2004
)
0.32
"AC) mice that had received sodium arsenite [(As(III)] in drinking water, indicating that this model is useful for studying the toxic effects of arsenic in vivo."( Biokinetics and subchronic toxic effects of oral arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonic acid, and dimethylarsinic acid in v-Ha-ras transgenic (Tg.AC) mice.
Germolec, DR; Liu, J; Trouba, KJ; Waalkes, MP; Xie, Y, 2004
)
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"MMAIII , one of the active intermediate in inorganic arsenic methylation, is highly toxic in BAEC."( [Cytotoxicity study of vascular endothelial cells by different kinds of arsenicals].
Li, B; Lu, CW; Sun, GF, 2006
)
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" Median effective concentration and 10% effective concentration values were derived with regression analysis to measure As toxic potencies, and no-observed-effect concentration was determined by comparison with a control to elucidate thresholds of As to the two plant species."( Arsenate toxicity for wheat and lettuce in six Chinese soils with different properties.
Baisch, C; Cao, Q; Hu, QH; Khan, S; Zhu, YG, 2009
)
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" Both phenomena imply that algae especially the sensitive species could make physiological adjustments to alleviate the adverse effects of arsenate."( Toxicity and bioaccumulation kinetics of arsenate in two freshwater green algae under different phosphate regimes.
Deng, XH; Ji, R; Li, Y; Miao, AJ; Wang, NX; Yang, LY, 2013
)
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" From in vitro cytotoxicity studies, it appears that the composite can be toxic to the cardiac cells and the value of IC50 investigated to be the highest concentration of 500 μg mL(-1), during 16-24 h of incubation period."( Cytotoxic effects of polystyrene-titanium-arsenate composite in cultured H9c2 cardiomyoblasts.
Arfin, T; Mohammad, F, 2013
)
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" Unfortunately, higher adverse effects of the conversion products of ASA on bacteria were observed during the photolysis reaction."( Kinetics, intermediates and acute toxicity of arsanilic acid photolysis.
Liu, C; Qin, WX; Wang, YJ; Zhou, DM; Zhu, XD, 2014
)
0.4
" Testing acute toxicity of mono- and trithioarsenate individually, both thioarsenates were found to be more toxic than their structural analogue arsenate, but less toxic than arsenite."( Effect of sulfide on the cytotoxicity of arsenite and arsenate in human hepatocytes (HepG2) and human urothelial cells (UROtsa).
Dopp, E; Hinrichsen, S; Lohmayer, R; Planer-Friedrich, B; Zdrenka, R, 2014
)
0.4
" However, the early onset of cell toxicity in arsenite-treated astrocytes revealed the higher toxic potential of arsenite compared with arsenate."( Uptake and toxicity of arsenite and arsenate in cultured brain astrocytes.
Dringen, R; Koehler, Y; Luther, EM; Meyer, S; Schwerdtle, T, 2014
)
0.4
" In addition, astrocytes are the first parenchymal brain cell type which encounters substances which cross the blood-brain barrier and are considered as first line of defence against the toxic potential of xenobiotics."( Uptake, Metabolic Effects and Toxicity of Arsenate and Arsenite in Astrocytes.
Dringen, R; Koehler, Y; Neumann, S; Spiller, S, 2016
)
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" Toxic effects of As(V) on photochemistry of photosystem II (PS II) were ameliorated by an exogenous application of Pro."( Exogenous proline application ameliorates toxic effects of arsenate in Solanum melongena L. seedlings.
Dubey, G; Mohan Prasad, S; Pratap Singh, V; Singh, M, 2015
)
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" The results indicated that arsenate was highly toxic than arsenite to the alga, and the phosphate limitation in growth media greatly enhanced arsenate toxicity."( Influence of phosphate on toxicity and bioaccumulation of arsenic in a soil isolate of microalga Chlorella sp.
Bahar, MM; Megharaj, M; Naidu, R, 2016
)
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" Soybean seedling growth was significantly affected at 25 μM or higher concentrations of As(V) or As(III), and the toxic effect on root growth was associated with cell death of root tips."( Arsenic toxicity in soybean seedlings and their attenuation mechanisms.
Agostini, E; Armendariz, AL; Reinoso, H; Talano, MA; Travaglia, C; Wevar Oller, AL, 2016
)
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"The toxic characteristics of arsenic species, As(V) and As(III) result in ecological risks."( pH modulates arsenic toxicity in Bacillus licheniformis DAS-2.
Tripti, K, 2016
)
0.43
" For the pellet diet experiment, MMA and DMA were found to be at least an order of magnitude less toxic than inorganic As on the basis of concentration in the diet, as well as much less toxic on the basis of accumulation in the fish."( The effects of arsenic speciation on accumulation and toxicity of dietborne arsenic exposures to rainbow trout.
Erickson, RJ; Highland, TL; Hockett, JR; Hoff, DJ; Jenson, CT; Lahren, TJ; Mount, DR, 2019
)
0.51
"5 times more toxic than arsenite."( Arsenate and arsenite differential toxicity in Tetrahymena thermophila.
Amaro, F; de Francisco, P; Díaz, S; Gutiérrez, JC; Herráiz, M; Martín-González, A; Murciano, A; Rodríguez-Martín, D, 2022
)
0.72
" Adverse effects were evaluated using avoidance test, acute toxicity test, and a sublethal concentration test to assess biochemical parameters."( Arsenite and arsenate toxicity in the earthworm Eisenia andrei (Bouché 1972) in natural soil and tropical artificial soil.
Correa, EK; da Silva Júnior, FMR; de Lima Brum, R; de Moura Garcia, E; Müller, L; Reis, FO; Tavella, RA; Ventura-Lima, J; Volcão, LM, 2023
)
0.91
" The results of 3-days As(V) exposure showed that As(V) was more toxic in DOP cultures than in DIP counterparts."( The influences of dissolved inorganic and organic phosphorus on arsenate toxicity in marine diatom Skeletonema costatum and dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae.
Ma, Q; Zhang, L, 2023
)
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"Assessment of inorganic arsenate (As(V)) is critical for ensuring a sustainable environment because of its adverse effects on humans and ecosystems."( Comparative analysis of the capability of the extended biotic ligand model and machine learning approaches to predict arsenate toxicity.
An, J; Choe, JK; Jung, J; Kwak, IS; Park, J; Yang, JH, 2023
)
0.91

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model (PB-PK) for inorganic arsenic exposure in humans has been developed."( A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for arsenic exposure. II. Validation and application in humans.
Droz, PO; Mann, S; Vahter, M, 1996
)
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" In order to investigate the potential role of tissue dosimetry in differential susceptibility to arsenic carcinogenicity, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for inorganic arsenic in the rat, hamster, monkey, and human (Mann et al."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of arsenic in the mouse.
Clewell, HJ; Covington, TR; Gentry, PR; Mann, S; Shipp, AM; Yager, JW, 2004
)
0.32
"A physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was developed to estimate levels of arsenic and its metabolites in human tissues and urine after oral exposure to arsenate (As(V)), arsenite (As(III)) or organoarsenical pesticides."( Development of a human physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for inorganic arsenic and its mono- and di-methylated metabolites.
El-Masri, HA; Kenyon, EM, 2008
)
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" The changes of pharmacokinetic parameters and arsenic distribution in different tissues were detected and compared in these two groups of rats."( [Pharmacokinetics of bacteria bioleaching solution of realgar in rat].
Fan, Q; Li, HY; Zhang, JH, 2010
)
0.36

Compound-Compound Interactions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" This paper emphasizes the usefulness of complementary chromatographic separations in combination with HG-ICPMS to quantitatively determine concentrations of As(III), DMA(V), MMA(V), As(V), and AsB in the sub-microgram per liter range in human urine."( Complementary chromatography separation combined with hydride generation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for arsenic speciation in human urine.
Chen, LW; Le, XC; Lu, X, 2010
)
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Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Citrate alone is poorly absorbed by symbiosomes; this uptake is greatly enhanced by addition of iron."( Uptake of iron by symbiosomes and bacteroids from soybean nodules.
Meyer, JM; Moreau, S; Puppo, A, 1995
)
0.29
" These results suggest that prolonged exposure of rabbits to oral arsenate may impair the bioavailability of BH(4) in endothelial cells and, as a consequence, disrupt the balance between NO and O2(."( A potential mechanism for the impairment of nitric oxide formation caused by prolonged oral exposure to arsenate in rabbits.
Hayashi, T; Horiguchi, S; Itoh, K; Kumagai, Y; Nikaido, M; Pi, J; Shimojo, N; Sun, G; Sun, Y; Waalkes, MP; Yamamoto, M; Yamauchi, H, 2003
)
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" The mobility and bioavailability of arsenic in soil is mostly controlled by adsorption and desorption reactions."( Desorption kinetics of arsenate from kaolinite as influenced by pH.
Hinz, C; Quaghebeur, M; Rate, A; Rengel, Z,
)
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"Arsenic sorption is the primary factor that affects the bioavailability and mobility of arsenic in soils."( Arsenate sorption on two Chinese red soils evaluated with macroscopic measurements and extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy.
Jiang, W; Liu, T; Luo, L; McLaren, RG; Shan, XQ; Xie, YN; Zhang, S; Zhu, YG, 2006
)
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" Sequential extraction results showed that nonspecifically sorbed (easily exchangeable, outer sphere complexes) fraction of arsenate is dominant with respect to the inner-sphere surface bound complexes of arsenate in the carbonate soil fraction, indicating high bioavailability and transport for arsenate in the carbonate-rich soils of which Fe and Al oxyhydroxide fractions are limited."( Adsorption and transport of arsenate in carbonate-rich soils: coupled effects of nonlinear and rate-limited sorption.
Akyol, NH; Yolcubal, I, 2008
)
0.35
" The results demonstrate that a greatly increased bioavailability of As under the flooded conditions is the main reason for an enhanced As accumulation by flooded rice, and growing rice aerobically can dramatically decrease the As transfer from soil to grain."( Growing rice aerobically markedly decreases arsenic accumulation.
McGrath, SP; Meharg, AA; Xu, XY; Zhao, FJ, 2008
)
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" It is feasible that we select the bacteria bioleaching solution as a candidate drug, which may be employed for primary change of arsenic compounds including dissolved inorganic arsenic and organic arsenic, in order to improve bioavailability and decrease the amount of arsenic accumulation in animal tissues."( [Pharmacokinetics of bacteria bioleaching solution of realgar in rat].
Fan, Q; Li, HY; Zhang, JH, 2010
)
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"Phosphorus (P) influences arsenic (As) mobility and bioavailability which depends on the charge components of soil."( Phosphorus-arsenic interactions in variable-charge soils in relation to arsenic mobility and bioavailability.
Bolan, N; Choppala, G; Kunhikrishnan, A; Mahimairaja, S, 2013
)
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" Toxicity of As species to aquatic organisms is complicated by their interaction with chemicals in water such as phosphate that can influence the bioavailability and uptake of As(V)."( Toxicity of arsenic species to three freshwater organisms and biotransformation of inorganic arsenic by freshwater phytoplankton (Chlorella sp. CE-35).
Doyle, C; Duncan, E; Hassler, C; Hogan, B; Krassoi, R; Lim, RP; Maher, W; Naidu, R; Rahman, MA; Rahman, MM, 2014
)
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" The bioavailability and toxicity of arsenic are highly related to its speciation."( Bioaccumulation and oxidative stress in Daphnia magna exposed to arsenite and arsenate.
Fan, W; Li, X; Ren, J; Wei, C; Xue, F; Zhang, N, 2015
)
0.42
" Zn-arsenate precipitates could significantly decrease the concentration of Zn in aqueous solution and decrease the bioavailability and mobilization of Zn in soils."( Macroscopic and microscopic investigation of adsorption and precipitation of Zn on γ-alumina in the absence and presence of As.
Fan, JX; Fan, TT; Gong, H; Li, W; Liu, C; Sparks, DL; Wang, YJ; Zhou, DM; Zhu, MQ, 2017
)
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" To gain new insights into the effects of P on As mobility, speciation, and bioavailability in wetlands, well-controlled greenhouse experiments were conducted."( Phosphate enhanced abiotic and biotic arsenic mobilization in the wetland rhizosphere.
Jaffé, PR; Moon, HS; Myneni, SCB; Zhang, Z, 2017
)
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"Reactions occurring at ferric oxyhydroxide surfaces play an important role in controlling arsenic bioavailability and mobility in natural aqueous systems."( Density functional theory characterization of the structures of H
de Leeuw, NH; Dzade, NY, 2018
)
0.48

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Hamster dams dosed continuously with arsenate and exposed to short-term hyperthermia produced a greater percentage of malformed offspring than did hamster dams dosed with arsenate alone."( Teratogen concentration changes as the basis of the heat stress enhancement of arsenate teratogenesis in hamsters.
Ferm, VH; Hanlon, DP, 1986
)
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" The constitutive rAPase+ phenotype of the pho86 pho87 mutant was partially suppressed by an increased dosage of the PHO84 gene."( Two new genes, PHO86 and PHO87, involved in inorganic phosphate uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Bun-ya, M; Harashima, S; Nakade, S; Oshima, Y; Shikata, K; Yompakdee, C, 1996
)
0.29
" Other possible explanations may relate to strain-specific differences, or to the different durations of dosing in each of the mouse studies, given the evidence that inorganic arsenic is likely to be active in the later stages of the carcinogenic process."( Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of arsenic in the mouse.
Clewell, HJ; Covington, TR; Gentry, PR; Mann, S; Shipp, AM; Yager, JW, 2004
)
0.32
" The lethal dosage 50% were about 20, 80, 60, 60, 80 and 20 mg As/L for Jing-9428, Duokang-1, Jingdong-11, Jing-411, Jingdong-8 and Zhongmai-8, respectively, and the corresponding values for Cd were about 30, 80, 20, 40, 60 and 10 mg Cd/L, respectively."( Intraspecific differences in effects of co-contamination of cadmium and arsenate on early seedling growth and metal uptake by wheat.
Liu, XL; Zhang, SZ, 2007
)
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" The studies on optimization of contact time, adsorbent dosage and pH showed that the FeCl(3) treated and FeSO(4) treated biomass had the maximum capacity to adsorb As(V) while acid treated biomass was found to be minimum."( Bio-separation of toxic arsenate ions from dilute solutions by native and pretreated biomass of Aspergillus fumigatus in batch and column mode: effect of biomass pretreatment.
Binupriya, AR; Choi, JG; Sathishkumar, M; Swaminathan, K; Yun, SE, 2008
)
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" The optimum As(III) removal was achieved at a permanganate dosage of 18."( Removal of arsenic from water: effect of calcium ions on As(III) removal in the KMnO(4)-Fe(II) process.
Dong, H; Guan, X; Jiang, L; Ma, J, 2009
)
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"Chromium and/or arsenate removal by Fe(II) as a function of pH, Fe(II) dosage and initial Cr(VI)/As(V) ratio were examined in batch tests."( Simultaneous removal of chromium and arsenate from contaminated groundwater by ferrous sulfate: batch uptake behavior.
Dong, H; Guan, X; Lo, IM; Ma, J, 2011
)
0.37
" Arsenate removal at pH 3 was poor even at high Fe(II) dosage due to the high solubility of Fe(III) formed in situ."( A novel application of H2O2-Fe(II) process for arsenate removal from synthetic acid mine drainage (AMD) water.
Dong, H; Dou, X; Guan, X; Li, C; Wang, D; Yang, X, 2011
)
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" In addition, the contents of total arsenic and arsenic species in earthworms were also determined to investigate the effects of bioaccumulation and biotransformation of arsenic on biomarkers and to evaluate the dose-response relationships."( Toxicological and biochemical responses of the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to contaminated soil: Effects of arsenic species.
Cui, Z; Liu, L; Ma, Q; Wang, Z; Xu, X, 2016
)
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" Offspring were dosed by gavage daily with the same mg/kg AsV dose as intended for their dam from postnatal day (PND) 1 to 21."( Developmental neurotoxicity of inorganic arsenic exposure in Sprague-Dawley rats.
da Costa, GG; Ferguson, SA; Fitzpatrick, SC; Flanigan, TJ; Law, CD; Loukotková, L; Moore, CL; Woodling, KA,
)
0.13
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (1)

RoleDescription
Escherichia coli metaboliteAny bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
[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 (1)

ClassDescription
arsenic oxoacid
[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]

Pathways (4)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
Arsenic uptake and detoxification77
glycolysis IV (plant cytosol)1347
arsenate detoxification V06
Responses to stimuli: abiotic stimuli and stresses9526

Research

Studies (1,281)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-1990113 (8.82)18.7374
1990's109 (8.51)18.2507
2000's378 (29.51)29.6817
2010's566 (44.18)24.3611
2020's115 (8.98)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 51.46

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 Index51.46 (24.57)
Research Supply Index7.18 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.95 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index85.83 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (51.46)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews25 (1.90%)6.00%
Case Studies2 (0.15%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other1,286 (97.94%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]