| Bioactivity | Medronic acid (Methylenediphosphonic acid) is a methylene-substituted bisphosphonate. Medronic acid has affinity for and adheres to the surface of hydroxyapatite crystals in the bone matrix. Medronic acid accumulates at sites of osteoid mineralization and can be used, complexed with radioisotopes in bone imaging. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Medronic acid | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 1984-15-2 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | CH6O6P2 | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 176.00 | ||||||||||||
| Appearance | Solid | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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| Reference | [1]. Ohta Y, et al. Salt Tolerance Enhancement of Liquid Chromatography-Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Using Matrix Additive MethylenediphosphonicAcid. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo). 2014;3(1):A0031. |