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Bunamidine

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Chemical compound

Pharmaceutical compound
Bunamidine
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • N,N-Dibutyl-4-hexoxynaphthalene-1-carboximidamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC25H38N2O
Molar mass382.592 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • CCCCCCOC1=CC=C(C2=CC=CC=C21)C(=N)N(CCCC)CCCC
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C25H38N2O/c1-4-7-10-13-20-28-24-17-16-23(21-14-11-12-15-22(21)24)25(26)27(18-8-5-2)19-9-6-3/h11-12,14-17,26H,4-10,13,18-20H2,1-3H3
  • Key:FGGFIMIICGZCCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Bunamidine is an anthelmintic drug used in veterinary medicine to treat infections by tapeworm parasites of the genus Taenia; thus it is classified as a taeniacide.

It is also effective against Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm) and Hymenolepis diminuta (rat tapeworm).

References

  1. "Bunamidine". DrugBank.
  2. Andersen FL, Loveless RM, Jensen LA (May 1975). "Efficacy of bunamidine hydrochloride against immature and mature stages of Echinococcus granulosus". American Journal of Veterinary Research. 36 (5): 673–675. PMID 1169897.
  3. Chatfield RC, Yeary RA (1979). "The effects of bunamidine HCL on Hymenolepis diminuta in vitro". Veterinary Parasitology. 5 (2–3): 177–193. doi:10.1016/0304-4017(79)90008-6.
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