nelfinavir mesylate

CHEBI:7497 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A methanesulfonate (mesylate) salt prepared from equimolar amounts of nelfinavir and methanesulfonic acid. It is used for treatment of HIV and also exhibits some anticancer properties. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:38037 CHEBI:38037

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C32H45N3O4S.CH4O3S
Charge	0
Average mass	663.903 Da
Monoisotopic mass	663.30119 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	NQHXCOAXSHGTIA-SKXNDZRYSA-N

SMILES

CS(=O)(=O)O.[H][C@@]12CCCC[C@]1([H])CN(C[C@@H](O)[C@H](CSc1ccccc1)NC(=O)c1cccc(O)c1C)[C@H](C(=O)NC(C)(C)C)C2

InChI

InChI=1S/C32H45N3O4S.CH4O3S/c1-21-25(15-10-16-28(21)36)30(38)33-26(20-40-24-13-6-5-7-14-24)29(37)19-35-18-23-12-9-8-11-22(23)17-27(35)31(39)34-32(2,3)4;1-5(2,3)4/h5-7,10,13-16,22-23,26-27,29,36-37H,8-9,11-12,17-20H2,1-4H3,(H,33,38)(H,34,39);1H3,(H,2,3,4)/t22-,23+,26-,27-,29+;/m0./s1

Also called

Viracept (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
(3S,4aS,8aS)-3-(tert-butylcarbamoyl)-2-[(2R,3R)-2-hydroxy-3-[(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoyl)amino]-4-(phenylsulfanyl)butyl]decahydroisoquinolinium methanesulfonate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
(3S,4aS,8aS)-N-tert-butyl-2-[(2R,3R)-2-hydroxy-3-[(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoyl)amino]-4-(phenylsulfanyl)butyl]decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxamide methanesulfonate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Nelfinavir mesilate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:159989-65-8
drugbank:DB00220
kegg.compound:C08091
kegg.drug:D00899
reaxys:7407090
wikipedia.en:Nelfinavir

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:35660 CHEBI:35660

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:7497`	nelfinavir mesylate	`antibioticmech:chebi-b04d18e493`	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Mode of action: VIRAL_PROTEASE_INHIBITION microbial target — Assigned from ChEBI role CHEBI:35660 (HIV protease inhibitor). ChEBI asserts the role on the compound. The role names a target specific to the microbe or virus — see mode_of_action_target_scope. Not a curator's mechanistic review.
Clinical status: APPROVED

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
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RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-31 · seed_from_sources
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Provenance

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