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Meglumine antimoniate Systematic (IUPAC) name Hydroxy-dioxostiborane; (2R,3R,4R,5S)-6-methylaminohexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol Clinical data AHFS/Drugs.com Micromedex Detailed Consumer Information Pregnancy cat. ? Legal status ? Identifiers CAS number 133-51-7 ATC code P01CB01 QP51AB01 PubChem CID 64953 ChemSpider 58479 ChEMBL CHEMBL239129 Chemical data Formula Variable Mol. mass Variable SMILES eMolecules & PubChem (what is this?) antimoniate (verify)
Meglumine antimoniate (or meglumine antimonate) is a medicine used for treating leishmaniasis. It is manufactured by Aventis and sold as Glucantime in France, and Glucantim in Italy. It belongs to a group of compounds known as the pentavalent antimonials. It is administered by intramuscular injection.
See also
Antiparasitics – antiprotozoal agents – Excavata antiparasitics (P01) Discicristata TrypanosomiasisAfrican trypanosomiasis: ornithine (Eflornithine#) • arsenical (Melarsoprol#) • benzamidine (Pentamidine#) • naphthalenesulfonate (Suramin#)
Chagas disease: nitroimidazole (Benznidazole#) • nitrofuran (Nifurtimox#)Pentavalent antimonials (Meglumine antimoniate#, Sodium stibogluconate)
benzamidine (Pentamidine#) • phosphorylcholine (Miltefosine) • neomycin (Paromomycin)Trichozoa nitroimidazole (Metronidazole#, Tinidazole) • benzimidazole (Albendazole)
thiazole (Nitazoxanide) • nitrofuran (Furazolidone)
aminoacridine (Quinacrine)Trichomoniasisnitroimidazole (Metronidazole, Secnidazole)
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