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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C28H26N7
Molecular Weight 460.5529
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 1
Charge 1

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of ISOMETAMIDIUM

SMILES

CC[N+]1=C(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=C(C=CC(N\N=N\C4=CC(=CC=C4)C(N)=N)=C3)C5=CC=C(N)C=C15

InChI

InChIKey=UGKOYGZYLRKTJH-UHFFFAOYSA-O
InChI=1S/C28H25N7/c1-2-35-26-16-20(29)11-13-24(26)23-14-12-22(17-25(23)27(35)18-7-4-3-5-8-18)33-34-32-21-10-6-9-19(15-21)28(30)31/h3-17,29H,2H2,1H3,(H4,30,31,32,33)/p+1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C28H25N7
Molecular Weight 459.545
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 1
Optical Activity NONE

ISOMETAMIDIUM (as a chloride salt) is widely used in tropical countries as an antiprotozoal agent to control animal trypanosomiasis. It is used principally in cattle but also in sheep, goats, buffalos, donkeys, horses, camels and dogs.

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Treatment of experimental pneumocystosis: review of 7 years of experience and development of a new system for classifying antimicrobial drugs.
1992 Sep
New drug developments for opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients: Pneumocystis carinii.
1995 Nov 24
The in vitro effects of isometamidium chloride (Samorin) on the piscine hemoflagellate Cryptobia salmositica (Kinetoplastida, Bodonina).
2001 Feb
Financial implications of rearing sheep and goats under natural trypanosomosis challenge at Galana ranch, Kenya.
2002 Nov
Drug sensitivity of trypanosome populations from cattle in a peri-urban dairy production system in Uganda.
2002 Oct
Application of field methods to assess isometamidium resistance of trypanosomes in cattle in western Ethiopia.
2004 Apr
Trypanocidal drug resistance in eastern province of Zambia.
2004 Jan 30
Detection of trypanosomes in small ruminants and pigs in western Kenya: important reservoirs in the epidemiology of sleeping sickness?
2005 Jul 14
Metabolism of isometamidium in hepatocytes isolated from control and inducer-treated rats.
2006 Dec
Isometamidium sensitivity of Trypanosoma congolense stocks from cattle in West Africa tested in mice and the drug incubation infectivity test.
2006 Jan
Effect of isometamidium chloride treatment on susceptibility of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) to trypanosome infections.
2006 May
Occurrence of multiple drug resistance in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolated from sleeping sickness patients.
2007 Mar
The history of African trypanosomiasis.
2008 Feb 12
Development and validation of an improved HPLC method for the control of potentially counterfeit isometamidium products.
2008 Jan 7
Does isometamidium chloride treatment protect tsetse flies from trypanosome infections during SIT campaigns?
2008 Jun
Molecular tools for the rapid detection of drug resistance in animal trypanosomes.
2008 May
The killing of African trypanosomes by ethidium bromide.
2010 Dec 16
Chemosensitization of Trypanosoma congolense strains resistant to isometamidium chloride by tetracyclines and enrofloxacin.
2010 Sep 28

Sample Use Guides

0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg bw.
Route of Administration: Intramuscular
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
ISOMETAMIDIUM
Common Name English
ISOMETAMIDIUM CATION
Common Name English
ISOMETAMIDIUM ION
Common Name English
PHENANTHRIDINIUM, 3-AMINO-8-(3-(3-(AMINOIMINOMETHYL)PHENYL)-1-TRIAZENYL)-5-ETHYL-6-PHENYL-
Systematic Name English
8-(3-(M-AMIDINOPHENYL)-2-TRIAZENO)-3-AMINO-5-ETHYL-6-PHENYLPHENANTHRIDINIUM
Systematic Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WHO-VATC QP51AX19
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Code System Code Type Description
SMS_ID
300000044835
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NCI_THESAURUS
C83842
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CAS
20438-03-3
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID30174384
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FDA UNII
S9HA0WUW3H
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WIKIPEDIA
Isometamidium
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PUBCHEM
72452
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