Diethylcarbamazine Citrate Salt is an anthelmintic drug specific to a few species of parasites. It is commonly used as a combination treatment to target multiple stages of the parasite life cycle. It...
Nitazoxanide is a thiazolid drug used primarily in the treatment of Giardia intestinalis infection in humans. In addition to its antiparasitic activity, it as also demonstrated promise against a...
Micrococcin P1 is a macrocyclic thiopeptide originally isolated from Micrococcus sp. by Su (Oxford) in 1948 and is considered the founding member of the thiopeptide antibiotic family. It was...
Pentamidine is a broad spectrum drug able to target fungi, parasites and protozoa. While it was previous phased out of common use in medicine due to relatively high toxicity, it has experienced a...
Dichlorophen is a tenicide, most often used in the treatment of small mammals. Antifungal, antibacterial and herbicidal activity has also been reported. While dichlorophen has low toxicity to...
Miltefosine is primarily used as an antileishmanial drug with demonstrated activity against other parasites, cancer cells, and pathogenic bacteria and fungi.Mechanism of ActionSeveral potential...
Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)–Iodine complex or "tamed iodine" is used as a topical antiseptic. PVP-I gradually releases active iodine, killling gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, fungi, parasites,...
Selamectin is a semi-synthetic avermectin derivative prepared by selective hydrolysis and oximation of doramectin. Selamectin is a potent nematocide used for the treatment of endo- and exo- parasites...
Flubendazole is a pharmalogical common antihelmintic used to treat internal parasites. Researchers have been exploring its ability to inhibit tubulin for use in cancer treatment following...
Niclosamide is commonly known as an antihelminthic drug used in the treatment of tapeworms. It has also been used as a molluscicide in water treatment, and more recently there are several reports of...
