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Clioquinol is an antifungal cream used to treat a variety of fungal infections. Clioquinol was withdrawn in 1983 due to neurotoxicity.
- Mechanism
- Curator reviewed
Clioquinol is bacteriostatic, however, the precise mechanism of its action is unknown.
- Primary indication
- Used as a topical antifungal treatment.Curator reviewed · 56 structured indications
- Formula / weight
- C9H5ClINO · 305.5 g/mol (avg)
- First approval
- Canada, 1997 · United States, 2012
- Also known as
- Chloroiodoquin · Iodochlorhydroxyquin · Iodochlorhydroxyquinoline · Iodochlorohydroxyquin · Iodochloroxyquinoline
- Code names
- Caswell No. 193
- Brand names
- Locacorten Vioform
Resolves to
Clinical / RWD
Structure
InChIKey
QCDFBFJGMNKBDO-UHFFFAOYSA-NSMILESOC1=C(I)C=C(Cl)C2=C1N=CC=C2Targets
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