Description
[ CAS No. ] 987-78-0
[ Molecular Formula ] C14H27N4O11P2+
[ Molecular Weight ] 489.332
[ Purity ] 99%min, 99%
[ Appearance ] White powder
About Citicholine(Citicoline)
Citicoline, also known as cytidine diphosphate-choline (CDP-Choline) & cytidine 5′-diphosphocholine.Citicoline is a brain chemical that occurs naturally in the body. As a medicine, Citicoline is taken by mouth as a supplement or given by IV or as a shot.Citicoline is used for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, head trauma, cerebrovascular disease such as stroke, age-related memory loss, Parkinson’s disease, and glaucoma.
The main indications of Citicoline are acute traumatic brain injury and brain consciousness after the operation. Moreover, Citicoline can treat central nervous system dysfunction and unconsciousness caused by acute injury, paralysis agitans, tinnitus and nerve deafness, and poisoning caused by sleeping pills. In recent years, Citicoline is widely used in clinical for treatment of ischemic stroke, cerebral arteriosclerosis, multiinfarct dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and children viral encephalitis.