megazol
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Megazol (CL 64855) is a nitroimidazole based drug that cures some protozoan infections.
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- chemical compound
- Mass
- 226.027294
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₆N₆O₂S
- canonical SMILES
- CN1C(=CN=C1C2=NN=C(S2)N)[N+](=O)[O-]
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Megazol (CL 64855) is a nitroimidazole based drug that cures some protozoan infections.
A study of nitroimidazoles found the drug extremely effective against T. cruzi and T. brucei which cause Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, respectively. The drug is considerably more effective than standard benznidazole therapy (for Chagas) which is considered the gold standard. This is despite that other nitroimidazoles proved ineffective against these pathogens.
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