Pharmacologic Substance
cysteamine
Brand Names:
Cystadrops; Cystagon; Cystaran; Procysbi
Effect:
Unknown Physiological Effect
May Treat:
Cystinosis
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to cysteamine:
  • A mercaptoethylamine compound that is endogenously derived from the COENZYME A degradative pathway. The fact that cysteamine is readily transported into LYSOSOMES where it reacts with CYSTINE to form cysteine-cysteamine disulfide and CYSTEINE has led to its use in CYSTINE DEPLETING AGENTS for the treatment of CYSTINOSIS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Radiation protective agent that oxidizes in air to form cystamine; can be given intravenously or orally to treat radiation sickness; the bitartrate has been used for the oral treatment of nephropathic cystinosis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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