iodoquinol
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The quinoline derivative diiodohydroxyquinoline (INN), or iodoquinol (USAN), brand name Diodoquin, can be used in the treatment of amoebiasis.
Research
322 papers- Transforming iodoquinol into broad spectrum anti-tumor leads: Repurposing to modulate redox homeostasis.Bioorganic chemistry · 2021
- Iodoquinol associated seizures and radiopacity.Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology · 1993
- Balantioides coli.Research in veterinary science · 2021
- American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs: Clioquinol (iodochlorhydroxyquin, vioform) and iodoquinol (diiodohydroxyquin): blindness and neuropathy.Pediatrics · 1990
- Amoebic dysentery.BMJ clinical evidence · 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 396.84606
- Has use
- Amebicide
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- defined daily dose
- 0.2
- chemical formula
- C₉H₅I₂NO
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC2=C(C(=C(C=C2I)I)O)N=C1
- medical condition treated
- cystinuria
- Commons category
- Diiodohydroxyquinoline
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The quinoline derivative diiodohydroxyquinoline (INN), or iodoquinol (USAN), brand name Diodoquin, can be used in the treatment of amoebiasis.
It is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is used as a luminal amebicide. It acts by chelation of ferrous ions essential for metabolism.
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