Lumefantrine

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IUPAC_name = 2-(dibutylamino)-1- [(9E)-2,7-dichloro- 9- [(4-chlorophenyl)methylidene] fluoren-4-yl] ethanol


CAS_number = 82186-77-4
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PubChem = 5311253
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C=30|H=32|Cl=3|N=1|O=1
molecular_weight = 528.939 g/mol
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Lumefantrine (or benflumetol) is an antimalarial drug.

The term "co-artemether" is sometimes used to describe the administration of lumefantrine with artemether.cite journal |author=Toovey S, Jamieson A, Nettleton G |title=Successful co-artemether (artemether-lumefantrine) clearance of falciparum malaria in a patient with severe cholera in Mozambique |journal=Travel medicine and infectious disease |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=177–9 |year=2003 |pmid=17291911 |doi=10.1016/j.tmaid.2003.09.002]

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