Acitretin

Synonyms

13-cis-Acitretin

2,4,6,8-Nonatetraenoic acid, 9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-, (all-E)-

Acitretin, (Z,E,E,E)-Isomer

Etretin

Isoacitretin

Isoetretin

Neotigason

Ro 10-1670

Ro 101670

Ro 13-7652

Ro 137652

Ro-10-1670

Ro-13-7652

Ro101670

Ro137652

Soriatane

An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of ETRETINATE with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.