Deferoxamine mesylate

API

N° CAS 138-14-7

Blood substitutes and perfusion solutions

• Deferoxamine mesylate is the mesylate salt of an iron chelating agent that binds free iron in a stable complex, preventing it from engaging in chemical reactions.
• White or almost white powder.
• It chelates iron from intra-lysosomal ferritin and ferrioxamine, a water-soluble complex excreted by the kidneys and in the feces via bile.