L-Cysteine methyl ester hydrochloride

white crystalline powder

Mucolytic agent

A mucolytic. An effective drug for the treatment of liver failure. Shown to effectively inhibit the binding of ethynylestradiol metabolites to protein and nucleic acids.

L-Cysteine methyl ester hydrochloride is a biochemical shown to inhibit binding of ethynylestradiol metabolites to protein and nucleic acids. It used in the synthesis of peptides, Preparation of thiazolidine-4-carboxylates with carbonyl compounds.

ChEBI: Mecysteine hydrochloride is an alpha-amino acid ester.

L-Cysteine methyl ester hydrochloride is prepared by esterification of L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate with methanol in the presence of hydrogen chloride.

Acthiol (Joullié, France), Actiol (Lirca, Italy), Visclair (Sinclair, UK), Aslos-C (Nissin, J), Epectan (Seiko, Japan), Moltanine (Tohok.-Tokyo Tanabe, Japan), Radcol (Nippon Universal, Japan), Sekinin (Tokyo Hosei, Japan).