Application
Cysteamine is suitable for use:in the preparation of cysteamine modified gold nanoparticles (AuNP)in the fabrication of SU-8 microrods, where in, the amine group of cysteamine reacts with the unreacted epoxide rings present on the surface of the particles, thereby opening it and forming a covalent bondto enhance in vitro development of porcine oocytes matured and fertilized in vitroin a study to demonstrate the depletion effect of cysteamine on cystinotic leucocyte granular fractions of cystine by disulphide interchangeas a radioprotectorto administer subcutaneously in rats to study its blocking effect on somatostatin secretion without modifying the pancreatic insulin or glucagon content as a scavenger in electrophoretic gels (acetic acid/urea gels)
Biochem/physiol Actions
Cysteamine (β-mercaptoethylamine) depletes cystine from patient′s cells and there by regulates renal glomerular function and increases growth in them. Therefore, cysteamine is considered to be a potential therapeutic for nephropathic cystinosis.
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