2,3-Dimercaptopropanesulfonate (sodium salt hydrate)

A mercury chelator, reduces renal mercury levels and increases urinary mercury levels in uninephrectomized- and normal rats administered mercuric chloride, inhibits methylmercury chloride-induced increases in embryotoxicity and fetal- and maternal death and decreases in fetal bone ossification in a mouse model of heavy metal-induced developmental toxicity when administered to pregnant mice at 180 or 360 mg/kg per day for four days. Formulation: A solid. InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O3S3.Na.H2O/c4-9(5,6)2-3(8)1-7,,/h3,7-8H,1-2H2,(H,4,5,6),,1H2/q,+1,/p-1. InChIKey: XMUHNMQFDVIWGU-UHFFFAOYSA-M. SMILES: O=S([O-])(CC(CS)S)=O.[Na+].O