Chemistry:Doxercalciferol

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Doxercalciferol
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Names
IUPAC name
(1S,3R,5Z,7E,22E)-9,10-Secoergosta-5,7,10,22-tetraene-1,3-diol
Other names
1-Hydroxyergocalciferol; 1-Hydroxyvitamin D2; 1α-Hydroxyergocalciferol; 1α-Hydroxyvitamin D2; Hectorol; TSA 840
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Properties
C28H44O2
Molar mass 412.658 g·mol−1
Pharmacology
1=ATC code }} H05BX03 (WHO)
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Doxercalciferol (or 1-hydroxyergocalciferol, trade name Hectorol) is drug for secondary hyperparathyroidism and metabolic bone disease.[1] It is a synthetic analog of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2). It suppresses parathyroid synthesis and secretion.[2]

Docercalciferol is the vitamin D2 analogue of alfacalcidol.[3] It undergoes 25-hydroxylation in the liver to become the active ercalcitriol, without the involvement of kidneys.[4]

References

  1. Sprague S M; Ho L T (2002). "Oral doxercalciferol therapy for secondary hyperparathyroidism in a peritoneal dialysis patient". Clinical Nephrology 58 (2): 155–160. doi:10.5414/cnp58155. PMID 12227689. 
  2. "Doxercalciferol". Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/ppa/doxercalciferol.html. 
  3. Upton, R. A.; Knutson, J. C.; Bishop, C. W.; LeVan, L. W. (1 April 2003). "Pharmacokinetics of doxercalciferol, a new vitamin D analogue that lowers parathyroid hormone". Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 18 (4): 750–758. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfg030. PMID 12637645. 
  4. "HECTOROL INJECTION (doxercalciferol)". https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2005/021027s012lbl.pdf. Retrieved 21 April 2018.