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PHR1596

Pemetrexed

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Pemetrexed disodium heptahydrate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H19N5Na2O6 · 7H2O
CAS Number:
357166-29-1
Molecular Weight:
597.48
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24

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SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[nH]1c2[nH]cc(c2[c](nc1N)=O)CCc3ccc(cc3)C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(=O)[O-])C(=O)[O-].O.O.O.O.O.O.O

InChI

1S/C20H21N5O6.2Na.7H2O/c21-20-24-16-15(18(29)25-20)12(9-22-16)6-3-10-1-4-11(5-2-10)17(28)23-13(19(30)31)7-8-14(26)27;;;;;;;;;/h1-2,4-5,9,13H,3,6-8H2,(H,23,28)(H,26,27)(H,30,31)(H4,21,22,24,25,29);;;7*1H2/q;2*+1;;;;;;;/p-2/t13-;;;;;;;;;/m0........./s1

InChI key

QJVSMHJWAOSBMD-MYXYZBIASA-L

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. Y0001539

API family

pemetrexed

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

pkg of 500 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

300

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General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
Pemetrexed is an anionic anticancer drug with a narrow therapeutic index. As a folate anti metabolite, it acts as an inhibitor of thymidylate synthase. It can act effectively against a broad-spectrum of solid tumors such as non-small-cell lung and breast cancers in clinical trials. It is also effective against both dihydrofolate reductase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyl transferase.

Application

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA4712 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Muta. 2 - Repr. 1A - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1

target_organs

Blood,Immune system,Testes

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Utility of Schiff?s base Formation Reactions for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Pemetrexed Disodium in bulk and in its Pharmaceutical Formulations.
Khan PS, et al.
Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry, 7(3), 323-326 (2014)
Maria M Posada et al.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 43(3), 325-334 (2014-12-17)
Pemetrexed, an anionic anticancer drug with a narrow therapeutic index, is eliminated mainly by active renal tubular secretion. The in vitro to in vivo extrapolation approach used in this work was developed to predict possible drug-drug interactions (DDIs) that may

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