Description
Iopromide is a dicarboxylic acid diamide that consists of N-methylisophthalamide bearing three iodo substituents at positions 2, 4 and 6, a methoxyacetyl substituent at position 5 and two 2,3-dihydroxypropyl groups attached to the amide nitrogens. A water soluble x-ray contrast agent for intravascular administration. It has a role as a radioopaque medium, a nephrotoxic agent, a xenobiotic and an environmental contaminant. It is an organoiodine compound and a dicarboxylic acid diamide. It is functionally related to an isophthalamide and a glycerol.