Formal Name: 2,3-dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid, monosodium salt monohydrate
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C3H7O3S3 / Na [H2O]
Formula Weight: 228.3
CAS Number: 207233-91-8
Notes: 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