Search results for "VATC|ANTIPROTOZOALS" in comments (approximate match)
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CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)
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Nifurtimox is a nitrofuran derivative used as a primary agent in the treatment of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, especially in the acute, early stage of the disease. The efficacy of nifurtimox in the treatment...
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Tinidazole is a synthetic antiprotozoal agent, formally known as 1-[2-(ethylsulfonyl)ethyl]-2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole and a second-generation 2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole. Tinidazole is a prodrug and antiprotozoal agent. The nitro group of tinidazole is...
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
Pentamidine (formulated as a salt, pentamidine diisethionate or dimesilate) is an antimicrobial medication given for prevention and treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly known as Pneumocystis carinii), a...
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
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Metronidazole was synthesized by France's Rhone-Poulenc laboratories and introduced in the mid-1950s under the brand name Flagel in the US, while Sanofi-Aventis markets metronidazole globally under the same trade name, Flagyl, and also by various gen...
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Pyrimethamine, sold under the trade name Daraprim, is one of the folic acid antagonists that is used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis. In addition it was approved in Chemoprophylaxis of Malaria. However, resistance to p...
Nifursol is an antibiotic of the nitrofuran class which inhibits the growth of the protozoa Histomonas meleagridis but is non-lethal. Although previously approved as a prophylactic feed additive for turkeys, the European Union has since banned Nifurs...
Parvaquone, an antitheilerial compound that was developed for the treatment of East Coast fever. Experiments on animals have shown that this drug was effective in the treatment of cattle infected with Theileria annulata.
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CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)
Diminazene is an aromatic diamidine derived from Surfen C. Diminazene is used as aceturate salt. Diminazene is highly active against both Trypanosoma and Babesia spp. It is also of value in the treatment of theileriosis due to Theileria annulata. Dim...
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Ethidium is a DNA intercalating agent first discovered as and used as a veterenary trypanocide. A bromide salt is commonly used as a fluorescent tag in molecular biology. The fluorescene of ethidium bromide increased 21 fold upon binding to double-st...
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.