Chemical formula: C₁₀H₈O₃ Molecular mass: 176.169 g/mol PubChem compound: 5280567
Hepatobiliary medicinal product. Hymecromone has a spasmolytic effect on extrahepatic bile ducts. This action takes place through a musculotropic mechanism, without atropinic effects. Increased choleresis is also observed without excitation of gall bladder contraction.
Peak plasma concentrations are reached 2 to 3 hours after an oral dose.
Hymecromone concentrates strongly in bile and follows an enterohepatic cycle.
The plasma half-life is approximately 1 hour.
Hymecromone is excreted in the urine as glucurono- and sulfo-conjugates.
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