trisodium phosphonoformate hexahydrate

CHEBI:60269 ·resolve ·ANTIVIRAL ·EXACT SEEDED

The hexahydrate form of trisodium phosphonoformate. It is used as an antiviral agent in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV retinitis, an inflamation of the retina that can lead to blindness) and as an alternative to ganciclovir for AIDS patients who require concurrent antiretroviral therapy but are unable to tolerate ganciclovir due to haematological toxicity. — ChEBI

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Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:35505 CHEBI:35505
CHEBI:64708 CHEBI:64708

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	CO5P.6H2O.3Na
Charge	0
Average mass	300.04 Da
Monoisotopic mass	299.98103 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	ILRVASBWNRYBFD-UHFFFAOYSA-K

SMILES

O.O.O.O.O.O.O=C([O-])P(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]

InChI

InChI=1S/CH3O5P.3Na.6H2O/c2-1(3)7(4,5)6;;;;;;;;;/h(H,2,3)(H2,4,5,6);;;;6*1H2/q;3*+1;;;;;;/p-3

Also called

foscarnet sodium hexahydrate (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

Activity roles

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

CHEBI:36044 CHEBI:36044

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:60269`	trisodium phosphonoformate hexahydrate	`antibioticmech:chebi-274ef25a7a`	2026-08-30

Mechanism summary

Clinical status: APPROVED

Curation history

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Provenance

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