1285. Bismuth Subsalicylate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 14882-18-9
2-Hydroxy-4H-1,3,2-benzodioxabismin-4-one; (2-hydroxybenzoato-O1,O2)oxobismuth; oxo(salicylato)bismuth; basic bismuth salicylate; bismuth oxysalicylate; Bismed (Technilab); Jatrox (Procter & Gamble); Pepto-Bismol (Procter & Gamble).
C7H5BiO4; mol wt 362.09.
C 23.22%, H 1.39%, Bi 57.72%, O 17.67%.

Description and references

Prepn: Fischer, Grützner, Arch. Pharm. 231, 680 (1893). Clinical trial in infant diarrhea: D. Figueroa-Quintanilla et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 328, 1653 (1993). Symposium on pharmacology and therapeutic use in gastrointestinal infections: Rev. Infect. Dis. 12, Suppl. 1, S1-S119 (1990). Mechanism of gastroprotection: D. Bagchi et al., Dig. Dis. Sci. 44, 2419 (1999).

Properties

White or nearly white amorphous or microcystalline, odorless powder. Practically insol in water.

Therapeutic Category

Antidiarrheal; antiemetic.

Therapeutic Category (Veterinary)

Antidiarrheal.

Keywords

Antidiarrheal; Antiemetic