Common name

IUPAC name

(2S,3S,4R,5R,6R)-5-amino-2-(aminomethyl)-6-{[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-5-{[(1R,2R,3S,5R,6S)-3,5-diamino-2-{[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-amino-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy}-6-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl]oxy}oxane-3,4-diol

SMILES

NC[C@@H]1O[C@H](O[C@@H]2[C@@H](CO)O[C@@H](O[C@@H]3[C@@H](O)[C@H](N)C[C@H](N)[C@H]3O[C@H]3O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]3N)[C@@H]2O)[C@H](N)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O

Compound class

Anti-Bacterial Agents; Amebicides; Antibiotics; Alimentary Tract and Metabolism; Antidiarrheals, Intestinal Anti-Inflammatory/antiinfective Agents; Intestinal Antiinfectives;

Therapeutic area

For the treatment of acute and chronic intestinal amebiasis (it is not effective in extraintestinal amebiasis). Also for the management of hepatic coma as adjunctive therapy.