Acexamic Acid

Scheme

Rec.INN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000057-08-9

Chemical Formula

C8-H15-N-O3

Molecular Weight

173

Therapeutic Categories

Dermatological agent

Wound healing agent

Chemical Name

Hexanoic acid, 6-(acetylamino)-

Foreign Names

• Acidum Acexamicum (Latin)
• Acexaminsäure (German)
• Acide acexamique (French)
• Acido acexamico (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acexamic Acid (OS: BAN)
• Acide acexamique (OS: DCF)
• Acide acexamicum (IS)
• CY 153A (IS)
• Zinc Acexamate (OS: BANM)
• Zinc (Acéxamatd de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Zinc Acexamate (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Zinci acexamas (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Zinkacexamat (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Plastesol
  CPH, Portugal



• Recoveron
  Armstrong, Mexico



• Acido acexamico Austral
  Austral, Argentina



• Plastenan
  Eumedica, Luxembourg; Johnson & Johnson, France; Sanofi-Aventis, Argentina



• Recoveron
  Armstrong, Costa Rica; Armstrong, Dominican Republic; Armstrong, Guatemala; Armstrong, Honduras; Armstrong, Mexico; Armstrong, Nicaragua; Armstrong, El Salvador



• Restaurene
  Ivax, Argentina



• Copinal
  Viñas, Spain

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)

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