Sodium aurothiomalate

Sodium aurothiomalate
Clinical data
Trade namesMyocrisin
AHFS/Drugs.comMultum Consumer Information
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: B2
Routes of
administration
Intramuscular
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: Discontinued
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein bindingHigh
Elimination half-life6-25 days
ExcretionUrine (60-90%), faeces (10-40%)
Identifiers
  • Sodium 2-(auriosulfanyl)-3-carboxypropanoate
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEBI
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.032.242
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC4H4AuNaO4S
Molar mass368.09 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • [Au+].[Na+].[O-]C(=O)C([S-])CC(=O)O
  • InChI=1S/C4H6O4S.Au.Na/c5-3(6)1-2(9)4(7)8;;/h2,9H,1H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8);;/q;2*+1/p-2 Y
  • Key:LTEMOXGFFHXNNS-UHFFFAOYSA-L Y
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Sodium aurothiomalate (INN, known in the United States as gold sodium thiomalate) is a gold compound that is used for its immunosuppressive anti-rheumatic effects. Along with an orally-administered gold salt, auranofin, it is one of only two gold compounds currently employed in modern medicine.