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Systematic (IUPAC) name
2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylic acid
CAS number 132-60-5
ATC code M04AC02
PubChem 8593
Chemical data
Formula C16H11NO2 
Mol. mass 249.264 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
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Therapeutic considerations
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Cinchophen (trade names Atophan, Quinophan, and Phenaquin) is an analgesic drug that was introduced in 1910 and frequently used to treat gout. This drug is still used somewhat by veterinarians to treat gout.

Use of this drug in humans ceased in the 1930s due to the discovery that cinchophen can cause serious liver damage.[1]


  1. ^ Cutrín Prieto C, Nieto Pol E, Batalla Eiras A, Casal Iglesias L, Pérez Becerra E, Lorenzo Zúñiga V (1991). "[Toxic hepatitis from cinchophen: report of 3 cases]" (in Spanish; Castilian). Medicina clínica 97 (3): 104-6. PMID 1679861.

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