Penicillamine
Synonyms
Copper Penicillaminate
Cuprenil
Cuprimine
D 3 Mercaptovaline
D Penicillamine
D-3-Mercaptovaline
D-Penicillamine
D-Valine, 3-mercapto-
Dimethylcysteine
Mercaptovaline
Metalcaptase
Penicillaminate, Copper
beta,beta Dimethylcysteine
beta,beta-Dimethylcysteine
3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.