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Potassium canrenoate (CAS 2181-04-6)

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Alternate Names:
Canrenoic acid potassium salt; Soldactone; Potassium aldadiene
Application:
Potassium canrenoate is a competitive aldosterone antagonist
CAS Number:
2181-04-6
Purity:
≥98%
Molecular Weight:
396.56
Molecular Formula:
C22H29O4•K
For Research Use Only. Not Intended for Diagnostic or Therapeutic Use.
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Potassium canrenoate is a competitive aldosterone antagonist. It may act to counteract the effects of aldosterone-induced blood pressure increases in animals with high sodium intake. Potassium canrenoate is clinically used for its anti-fibrotic effects and may act to reduce cardiovascular fibrosis in animal models. At higher concentrations, however, potassium canrenoate has been found to produce genotoxic effects to the liver and an increase in tumor incidence studies with rodents.


Potassium canrenoate (CAS 2181-04-6) References

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  2. Potassium canrenoate, an aldosterone receptor antagonist, reduces isoprenaline-induced cardiac fibrosis in the rat.  |  Bos, R., et al. 2004. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 309: 1160-6. PMID: 14764658
  3. Effect of spironolactone, potassium canrenoate and their common metabolite canrenone on serum digoxin measurement by digoxin III, a new digoxin immunoassay.  |  Dasgupta, A., et al. 2008. Ther Drug Monit. 30: 744-7. PMID: 18824952
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  13. Dexamethasone and potassium canrenoate alleviate hyperalgesia by competitively regulating IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway during inflammatory pain in vivo and in vitro.  |  Liu, J., et al. 2022. Immun Inflamm Dis. 10: e721. PMID: 36301041
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Potassium canrenoate, 1 g

sc-205812
1 g
$54.00

Potassium canrenoate, 5 g

sc-205812A
5 g
$131.00