acedapsone
Sign in to saveAcedapsone (INN) is an antimicrobial drug, which also has antimalarial activity.
Research
52 papers- Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2023
- Metabolism and interactions of antileprosy drugs.Biochemical pharmacology · 2020
- Acedapsone treatment of leprosy patients: response versus drug disposition.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 1977
- Acedapsone (DADDS) treatment of leprosy patients in the Karimui of Papua New Guinea: status at six years.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 1975
- The pipeline for drugs for control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases: 2. Oral anti-infective drugs and drug combinations for off-label use.Parasites & vectors · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 332.083
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)NC1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)C2=CC=C(C=C2)NC(=O)C
- subject has role
- antimalarial
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₁₆N₂O₄S
- Commons category
- Acedapsone
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Acedapsone (INN) is an antimicrobial drug, which also has antimalarial activity.
Acedapsone is the INN for diacetyldapsone. It was synthesized and developed in 1937 by Ernest Fourneau and his team in the pharmaceutical chemistry laboratory of Pasteur Institute, and it was marketed as Rodilone by the Rhône-Poulenc company.
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