Indomethacin farnesil  (Synonyms: Indometacin farnesil)

Indomethacin farnesil is an orally active proagent of Indomethacin. Indomethacin (Indometacin) is a potent, blood-brain permeable and nonselective inhibitor of COX1 and COX2, with IC₅₀s of 18 nM and 26 nM for human COX-1 and COX-2, respectively, in CHO cells. Indomethacin disrupts autophagic flux by disturbing the normal functioning of lysosomes^[1][2].

Indometacin farnesil (IMF) is a newly synthesized prodrug of indomethacin designed to reduce the occurrence of side-effects by esterification of the carboxyl group of indomethacin with farnesol. This modification is intended to decrease the extraction and subsequent rapid metabolism of the drug by the liver, so that lymphatic absorption would become a major route, and it was also anticipates that hydrolytic enzymes present in plasma and tissues, including inflamed tissue, would release indomethacin effectively from IMF^[2].

MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

Indomethacin farnesil (IMF) can effectively release indomethacin when administered locally^[1].

MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

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C₃₄H₄₀ClNO₄

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  [2]. M Mishima, et al. Metabolic fate of indometacin farnesil, a prodrug of indomethacin: characteristic biotransformation of indometacin farnesil in rats. Xenobiotica. 1990 Feb;20(2):135-46.  [Content Brief]

  [3]. Riendeau D, et al. Biochemical and pharmacological profile of a tetrasubstituted furanone as a highly selective COX-2 inhibitor. Br J Pharmacol. 1997 May;121(1):105-17.  [Content Brief]

  [4]. Jorge Vallecillo-Hernández, et al. Indomethacin Disrupts Autophagic Flux by Inducing Lysosomal Dysfunction in Gastric Cancer Cells and Increases Their Sensitivity to Cytotoxic Drugs. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 26;8(1):3593.  [Content Brief]