BUPHENYL

This brand name is authorized in Japan, United States

Active ingredients

The drug BUPHENYL contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Sodium phenylbutyrate
UNII NT6K61736T - SODIUM PHENYLBUTYRATE

Sodium phenylbutyrate is a pro-drug and is rapidly metabolised to phenylacetate. Phenylacetate is a metabolically active compound that conjugates with glutamine via acetylation to form phenylacetylglutamine which is then excreted by the kidneys. On a molar basis, phenylacetylglutamine is comparable to urea (each containing 2 moles of nitrogen) and therefore provides an alternate vehicle for waste nitrogen excretion.

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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 3999032D1020, 3999032F1021
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 75987-060, 75987-070

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