Coal tar

DB11082ApprovedSmall moleculeKeratolytic Agents

Coal tar is a brown or black liquid of extremely high viscosity. Coal tar is among the by-products when coal is carbonized to make coke or gasified to make coal... Coal tars are complex and variable mixtures of phenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and heterocyclic compounds.

Mechanism: Coal tar ointment is a keratolytic. It works by slowing bacterial growth and loosening and softening scales and crust.
Curator reviewed
Primary indication: Relieving itching, irritation, redness, dryness, scaling, and flaking of the skin caused by psoriasis, seborrhea, or eczema.Curator reviewed · 5 structured indications
First approval: Canada, 1997 · United States, 2011
Also known as: Coal tars · Tar, coal
Brand names: Cutar
Dhs Tar Shampoo
Psoriasin
Scytera
Tarsum
Tera Gel

Resolves to

Compound

UNIIR533ESO2ECCAS8007-45-2

Clinical / RWD

RxNorm2635

Targets

P35869AHR

What you can answer from here — as of July 06, 2026

1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action

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4Clinical trialsPhase, status and sponsor resolved per trial

5Structured indicationsCondition, population, route and combination as fields, not prose

230Marketed productsAcross 5 countries and 109 labellers

6+ReferencesStructured and connected to the statements they support

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