Phenylbutanoic Acid

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Phenylbutanoic Acid

Description of the Drug

Phenylbutyric acid is an agent indicated for the adjunctive therapy for the management of chronic urea cycle disorders due to deficiencies in specific enzymes, including the neonatal-onset deficiency and late-onset disease with a history of hyperammonemic encephalopathy.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB06819

Brand Name(s)

Not Available

Company Owner(s)

Sigmapharm Laboratories Llc, Horizon Therapeutics Llc, Alvogen Inc, Medunik Canada Inc, Par Pharmaceutical Inc

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Glutamine SMALL MOLECULE SEQUESTERING AGENT CHEMBL2366039

Unichem Links

SureChEMBL SCHEMBL1716
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0000543
DrugBank DB06819
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 15321781
PubChem 4775
Mcule MCULE-6322732346
NMRShiftDB 20200289
LINCS LSM-5751
Nikkaji J101.512E
PDBe CLT
BindingDB 50480960
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID2037631
DrugCentral 24
Brenda 23238 49817 206444 12375 31311 108441 83739
ChemicalBook CB2385237 CB5213148
Guide to Pharmacology 8480
rxnorm SODIUM PHENYLBUTYRATE BUPHENYL PHENYLBUTYRATE 4-PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID
ChEBI 41500
ZINC ZINC000000056568