p-aminohippurate; 2-[(4-aminobenzoyl)amino]acetic acid

Uses

• diagnostic agent used in the measurement of renal plasma flow
• during world war II, given along with penicillin in order to prolong the 1/2life of penicillin

Pharmacokinetics

• completely filtered from plasma in the nephron & not reabsorbed by the tubules, in a manner identical to inulin

More general terms

• aniline; phenylamine; aminobenzene
• carboxylate
• diagnostic agent

Additional terms

• hippurate; hippuric acid; N-benzoylglycine; 2-benzamidoacetic acid

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=2148
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=443971