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. 2010 Nov 9;11(11):4465–4487. doi: 10.3390/ijms11114465

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

The structure of mildronate (A) and models of its linear (B) and cyclic (C) conformations. Charged atoms in the mildronate structure: nitrogen in blue; oxygen in red; lipophilic hydrogen in gray. When mildronate forms a cyclic conformation, it can easily penetrate the brain and cells.