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anrikefon   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 14403

Synonyms: compound 8 [US11014964] | HSK-21542 | HSK21542 | Si Shu Jing® (China)
Approved drug
anrikefon is an approved drug
Compound class: Peptide
Comment: Anrikefon (HSK21542) is a novel and selective peripheral kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonist [3]. It has actions as an analgesic and anti-itch (anti-pruritic) agent.
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)

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Canonical SMILES CC(C)C[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N1CCC2(CC1)CN(C2)C(=O)C)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC3=CC=CC=C3)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC4=CC=CC=C4)N
Isomeric SMILES CC(C)C[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](CCCCN)C(=O)N1CCC2(CC1)CN(C2)C(=O)C)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC3=CC=CC=C3)NC(=O)[C@@H](CC4=CC=CC=C4)N
InChI InChI=1S/C39H57N7O5/c1-27(2)22-33(36(49)42-32(16-10-11-19-40)38(51)45-20-17-39(18-21-45)25-46(26-39)28(3)47)44-37(50)34(24-30-14-8-5-9-15-30)43-35(48)31(41)23-29-12-6-4-7-13-29/h4-9,12-15,27,31-34H,10-11,16-26,40-41H2,1-3H3,(H,42,49)(H,43,48)(H,44,50)/t31-,32-,33-,34-/m1/s1
InChI Key VWXDZAZSCZVCPV-YFRBGRBWSA-N

Generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/)
References
1. Jing R, Zhi X, Shao L. (2026)
Approvals by the China NMPA in 2025.
Nat Rev Drug Discov, [Epub ahead of print]. [PMID:41688808]
2. Liu BC, Li ZL, Zhang P, Zhong AM, Bai YL, Xu Y, Gao BH, Li YL, Wang Y, Zhou LH et al.. (2025)
Efficacy and safety of anrikefon in patients with pruritus undergoing haemodialysis: multicentre, double blind, randomised placebo controlled phase 3 trial.
BMJ, 390: e085208. [PMID:40829896]
3. Zhang C, Huang A, Ye F, Huang L, Huang Z, Wang J, Wei Y, Yan P, Zheng W. (2021)
Peptide amide compound and preparation method and medical use thereof.
Patent number: US11014964B2. Assignee: Tibet Haisco Pharmaceutical Co Ltd. Priority date: 19/07/2018. Publication date: 25/05/2021.