cantharidin
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
8 FDA-registered drug labelers
Curia New York, Inc.
DARMERICA, LLC
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
PEL HEALTHCARE LLC
Professional Compounding Centers of America
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Wavelength Enterprises Ltd.
Wuxi Fortune Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Ycanth
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Chemical Identity
CAS56-25-7
PubChem CID5944
DTXSIDDTXSID7041752
FormulaC10H12O4
Mol. Weight196.2 g/mol
SMILESCC12C3CCC(C1(C(=O)OC2=O)C)O3
Data Sources
59442026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/cantharidin/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/cantharidin.json
CAS 56-25-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json