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Mesylate
In
chemistry
, a
mesylate
is any
salt
or
ester
of
methanesulfonic acid
(CH
3
SO
3
H). In salts, the mesylate is present as the CH
3
SO
3
-
anion
. When modifying the
International Nonproprietary Name
of a
pharmaceutical substance
containing the group or anion, the correct spelling is
mesilate
(as in
imatinib mesilate
, the mesylate salt of
imatinib
).
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