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ronidazole
Sign in to saveRonidazole is an antiprotozoal agent used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of histomoniasis and swine dysentery as well as Trichomonas gallinae, hexamitosis, Giardia, and Cochlosoma in all aviary birds and pigeons. It may also have use for the treatment of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats and for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection in humans.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H8N4O4
- Molecular weight
- 200.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (1-methyl-5-nitroimidazol-2-yl)methyl carbamate
- SMILES
- CN1C(=CN=C1COC(=O)N)[N+](=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- PQFRTXSWDXZRRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.4
- Polar surface area
- 116 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
224 papers- Ronidazole Is a Superior Prodrug to Metronidazole for Nitroreductase-Mediated Hepatocytes Ablation in Zebrafish Larvae.Zebrafish · 2023
- Mutagenic evaluation of ronidazole.Mutation research · 1976
- Ronidazole in the treatment of trichomonad infections in cats.International journal of pharmaceutical compounding · 2006
- Repurposing the Veterinary Antiprotozoal Drug Ronidazole for the Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection.International journal of antimicrobial agents · 2020
- Spatiotemporal control of cell ablation using Ronidazole with Nitroreductase in Drosophila.Developmental biology · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 200.055
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- Commons category
- Ronidazole
- chemical formula
- C₆H₈N₄O₄
- canonical SMILES
- CN1C(=CN=C1COC(=O)N)[N+](=O)[O-]
- subject has role
- antiprotozoal
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ronidazole is an antiprotozoal agent used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of histomoniasis and swine dysentery as well as Trichomonas gallinae, hexamitosis, Giardia, and Cochlosoma in all aviary birds and pigeons. It may also have use for the treatment of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats and for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection in humans.
==References==
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