4039. Ferroglycine Sulfate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 17169-60-7
(T-4)-Hydrogen (glycinato-κN,κO) [sulfato(2)-κO,κO′]-ferrate(1); ferrous aminoacetosulfate; iron sulfate-glycine complex; Ferrocontin (Napp); Plesmet (Link); Ferrosanol (Schwarz).
C2H5FeNO6S; mol wt 226.97.
C 10.58%, H 2.22%, Fe 24.60%, N 6.17%, O 42.29%, S 14.13%.

Description and references

Chelate of ferrous sulfate and glycine, q.q.v. Prepn: W. Rummell, US 2877253 (1959 to Schwarz Arzneimittelfabrik). Tolerability study: J. Pomeranze, R. J. Gadek, N. Engl. J. Med. 257, 73 (1957). Use in iron fortification of salt: S. Ranganathan et al., Food Chem. 57, 311 (1996). Clinical evaluation in iron deficiency anemia vs ferrous fumarate, q.v.: A. Aronstam, D. L. Aston, Pharmatherapeutica 3, 263 (1982).

Chemical structure

Therapeutic Category

Hematinic.

Keywords

Hematinic