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carbadox
Sign in to saveCarbadox is a veterinary drug that combats infection in swine, particularly swine dysentery.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C11H10N4O4
- Molecular weight
- 262.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methyl N-[(1,4-dioxidoquinoxaline-1,4-diium-2-yl)methylideneamino]carbamate
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
324 papers- The In-Feed Antibiotic Carbadox Induces Phage Gene Transcription in the Swine Gut Microbiome.mBio · 2017
- The metabolism of carbadox, olaquindox, mequindox, quinocetone and cyadox: an overview.Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) · 2013
- Carbadox has both temporary and lasting effects on the swine gut microbiota.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014
- The agricultural antibiotic carbadox induces phage-mediated gene transfer in Salmonella.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014
- Some pharmacokinetic observations of carbadox medication in pigs.The veterinary quarterly · 1988
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Indications
- Safety
- Regulation
- References
Carbadox is a veterinary drug that combats infection in swine, particularly swine dysentery.
==Indications== Carbadox is indicated for control of swine dysentery (vibrionic dysentery, bloody scours, or hemorrhagic dysentery); control of bacterial swine enteritis (salmonellosis or necrotic enteritis caused by Salmonella enterica); aid in the prevention of migration and establishment of large roundworm (Ascaris suum) infections; aid in the prevention of establishment of nodular worm (Oesophagostomum) infections.
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