methenamine hippurate

Drug ingredient

CAS 5714-73-8

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$309M

Top sourceChina 40%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293369 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293369, which covers 192 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 40%ChinaJP 19%JapanIN 15%IndiaES 11%SpainDE 5%Germany

Canada
Austria
United Kingdom
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Malaysia
Indonesia
Turkey
Belgium
Ukraine
Hungary
Latvia
Russia
Hong Kong

21 FDA-registered drug labelers

Alvogen Inc.

American Health Packaging

Aurobindo Pharma Limited

AvPAK

AX Pharmaceutical Corp

Chemische Fabrik Berg GmbH

Esjay Pharma LLC

Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.

Ingenus Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Jubilant Cadista Pharmaceuticals Inc.

KREATIVE ACTIVES PRIVATE LIMITED

Kreative Organics Private Limited

Micro Labs Limited

NorthStar Rx LLC

NURAY CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED

Professional Compounding Centers of America

Siegfried (Nantong) Pharmaceuticals Co, Ltd

Siegfried Evionnaz SA

STHREE CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED

Viona Pharmaceuticals Inc

Zydus Lifesciences Limited

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Methenamine Hippurate

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

Vendor Pricing

$130.80/gAaron Chemicals LLC

CountryHong Kong

Pack$654.00 / 5 g

Purity95%

Vendors13 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

12 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$131.80	5 g	95%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$240.00	100 mg	99.72%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$240.00	1 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$274.00	1 g	99.72%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$300.00	100 mg	99.72%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$323.00	1 g	95%
AstaTech, Inc	United States	$436.00	250 mg	95%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$551.76	250 mg	99.55%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$612.40	250 mg	95%
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$612.40	250 mg	95%
Cayman Europe	Estonia	$694.96	500 mg	98%
Angene International Limited	United States	$741.00	1 g	95%

Chemical Identity

CAS5714-73-8

PubChem CID21945

DTXSIDDTXSID10972603

FormulaC15H21N5O3

Mol. Weight319.36 g/mol

SMILESC1N2CN3CN1CN(C2)C3.C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)NCC(=O)O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 21945Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

methenamine hippurate (CAS 5714-73-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/5714-73-8/ PubChem: 21945. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/21945 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 5714-73-8. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293369 for CAS 5714-73-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/