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Colextran

Colextran (INN) is a bile acid sequestrant. Chemically, it is an ether of dextran and diethylethanolamine.

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Colextran
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ECHA InfoCard100.132.944
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FormulaC12 H23 NO6 X2
Molar mass277.315
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Colextran (INN) is a bile acid sequestrant.1 Chemically, it is an ether of dextran and diethylethanolamine.2

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  1. Stanciu MC, Nichifor M, Teacă CA (June 2023). "Bile Acid Sequestrants Based on Natural and Synthetic Gels". Gels. 9 (6). doi:10.3390/gels9060500. PMC 10298123. PMID 37367171.
  2. Drugs.com: Colextran Archived 2019-08-18 at the Wayback Machine