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Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


BEPHENIUM HYDROXYNAPHTHOATE is an anthelmintic agent used in the treatment of hookworm and roundworm infections (Ancylostoma duodenale, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Necatore americanus). It targets the AChRs of nematodes producing spastic paralysis of t...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Thiabendazole (TBZ, trade names Mintezol, Tresaderm, and Arbotect) was first introduced in 1962. This drug is a fungicide and parasiticide and is indicated for the treatment of: strongyloidiasis (threadworm), cutaneous larva migrans (creeping eruptio...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1960

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Lucanthone is a thioxanthenone DNA intercalator. It inhibits topoisomerases and the dual function base excision repair enzyme apurinic endonuclease 1. Lucanthone has been devised for the treatment of schistosomiasis. It is also an antitumor agent. Lu...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1958

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Dithiazanine, 3-ethyl-2-[5-(3-ethyl-2-benzothiazolinylidene)-l, 3- pentadienyl] benzothiazolium iodide, is an old effective broad-spectrum human anthelmintic. In proper dosage, this polyvermicide is therapeutic for trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, asc...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1955

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Chlorbetamide is dichlorobenzene derivative with antimicrobial and amebicidal activity.
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1950

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Diethylcarbamazine is used in humans, dogs and cats for the treatment of parasitic infections, including pulmonary eosinophilia, loiasis, and lymphatic filariasis. The exact mechanism of its action is unknown, however some studies showed the involvme...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1950

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


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Amodiaquine is a medication used to treat malaria, including Plasmodium falciparum malaria when uncomplicated. The mechanism of plasmodicidal action of amodiaquine is not completely certain. Like other quinoline derivatives, it is thought to inhibit ...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1944

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Carbarsone is an antiambeic, antihistomonal drug effective in controlling and preventing blackhead disease in turkeys (a disease caused by a protozoan parasite Histomonas meleagridis). Carbarsone was approved by FDA, however, it has not been marketed...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1926

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)

The discovery of pamaquine, developed by replacing one of the methyl groups of methylene blue by a dialkylaminoalkyl chain, was a landmark in the design of drugs for malaria. It is closely related to primaquine. The administration of pamaquine during...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cinchonine is cinchona bark alkaloid, which was used to treat malaria. Cinchonine is more efficient than quinine in increasing the intracellular accumulation and restoring the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin, mitoxantrone and vincristine on well-characte...

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