Etofamide

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Etofamide
Systematic (IUPAC) name
2,2-dichloro-N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-N- [4-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzyl]acetamide
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
Legal status ℞ Prescription only
Routes Oral
Identifiers
CAS number 25287-60-9 YesY
ATC code P01AC03
PubChem CID 65718
UNII 03F36JH21U YesY
KEGG D07355 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C19H20Cl2N2O5 
Mol. mass 427.27 g/mol
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Etofamide (INN, also known as eticlordifene) is an antiprotozoal drug used in the treatment of amoebiasis.

Its effect against Giardia lamblia has been described as modest.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cedillo-Rivera R, Muñoz O (September 1992). "In-vitro susceptibility of Giardia lamblia to albendazole, mebendazole and other chemotherapeutic agents". J. Med. Microbiol. 37 (3): 221–4. doi:10.1099/00222615-37-3-221. PMID 1518040. 
Entamoeba
Tissue amebicides
Nitroimidazole derivatives
Other
Luminal amebicides
Hydroxyquinoline derivatives
Dichloroacetamide derivatives
  • Paromomycin
Other/ungrouped
Acanthamoeba

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ambz, excv, chrm (strc)

ambz, excv, chrm

ambz, excv, chrm

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