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alendronic acid

chemical compound
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Summary

alendronic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type of chemical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,429 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canonical SMILES: C(CC(O)(P(=O)(O)O)P(=O)(O)O)CN[3]
  • Chemical formula: C₄H₁₃NO₇P₂[4]
  • Subclass of: bisphosphonate[5]
  • Has use: medication[6]
  • Commons category: Alendronic acid[7]
  • Has part(s): nitrogen[8], oxygen[9], phosphorus[10], carbon[11], hydrogen[12]
  • Mass: 249.017 dalton[13]
  • Medical condition treated: osteoporosis[14], osteoarthritis susceptibility 1[15], bone disease[16]
  • World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name: alendronic acid[17]
  • Subject has role: bone density conservation agents[18]
  • Defined daily dose: 10 milligram[19]

Why It Matters

alendronic acid has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . whocc.no. whocc.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). alendronic acid. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alendronic-acid
MLA “alendronic acid.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/alendronic-acid.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alendronic-acid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{alendronic acid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alendronic-acid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', '
    Store medisinske leksikon id → alendronsyre, alendronat
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Store medisinske leksikon id, SML ID alendronsyre deprecated (now SML alendronat), SML ID alendronat from Store medisinske leksikon ([[Wikidat"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Medical condition treated → osteoporosis, osteoarthritis susceptibility 1, bone disease
    Subject has role → bone density conservation agents
    Defined daily dose → {'unit': 'Q3241121', 'amount': '+10'}
    Subclass of → bisphosphonate
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 21550, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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