ketoprofen   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 4795

Synonyms: Actron® | Orudis®
Approved drug Immunopharmacology Ligand
ketoprofen is an approved drug (FDA (1986))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: The approved drug ketoprofen is a mixture of two stereoisomers; an (R)-enantiomer (see PubChem CID 180540), and an (S)-enantiomer (see PubChem CID 667550), with only the (S)-enantiomer possessing biological activity. The structure shown here does not specify stereochemistry and represents the mixture of isomers.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 3
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 54.37
Molecular weight 254.09
XLogP 3.22
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC(=O)C(c1cccc(c1)C(=O)c1ccccc1)C
Isomeric SMILES OC(=O)C(c1cccc(c1)C(=O)c1ccccc1)C
InChI InChI=1S/C16H14O3/c1-11(16(18)19)13-8-5-9-14(10-13)15(17)12-6-3-2-4-7-12/h2-11H,1H3,(H,18,19)
InChI Key DKYWVDODHFEZIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, primary dysmenorrhea and mild to moderate pain associated with musculotendinous trauma (sprains and strains), postoperative (including dental surgery) or postpartum pain.
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Ketoprofen is a non-selective COX ennzyme inhibitor. For an overview of the mechanism of action of ketoprofen, please see the DrugBank link on the Summary tab of this ligand page.