Miglustat

Miglustat
Clinical data
Trade namesZavesca, Brazaves, Opfolda
Other namesOGT 918, 1,5-(butylimino)-1,5-dideoxy-D-glucitol, N-butyl-deoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ)
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa604015
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
By mouth
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: ℞-only
  • EU: Rx-only
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability97%
Protein bindingNil
MetabolismNil
Elimination half-life6–7 hours
ExcretionKidney, unchanged
Identifiers
  • (2R,3R,4R,5S)-1-butyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-3,4,5-triol
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.216.074
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H21NO4
Molar mass219.281 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • OC[C@H]1N(CCCC)C[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
  • InChI=1S/C10H21NO4/c1-2-3-4-11-5-8(13)10(15)9(14)7(11)6-12/h7-10,12-15H,2-6H2,1H3/t7-,8+,9-,10-/m1/s1 Y
  • Key:UQRORFVVSGFNRO-UTINFBMNSA-N Y
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Miglustat, sold under the brand name Zavesca among others, is a medication used to treat type I Gaucher disease and Pompe disease.

It was approved for medical use in the European Union in November 2002, and for medical use in the United States in July 2003.