| Bioactivity | Emtricitabine S-oxide (Emtricitabine sulfoxide) is a major degradation product of Emtricitabine. Emtricitabine is a potent nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used for the treatment of HIV infection. |
| Invitro | Emtricitabine, an antiretroviral agent is used to evaluate degradation pathways under different stress conditions in order to identify degradation products as prescribed by ICH guidelines. Emtricitabine degrades over 51%, 13% and 53% during acid, base and oxidative degradation respectively followed by formation of three major degradation products (Degradant-I to Degradant-III)[1]. |
| Name | Emtricitabine S-oxide |
| CAS | 152128-77-3 |
| Formula | C8H10FN3O4S |
| Molar Mass | 263.25 |
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
| Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
| Reference | [1]. A Prakash, et al. Forced degradation study of emtricitabine for evaluation of genotoxic impurity in active pharmaceutical ingredient's (API) shelf life. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2015), 4(7), 1909-1919. |