Coccidiostat
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A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent
that acts upon Coccidia
parasites.
Examples include:
Antiprotozoal agent
Antiprotozoal agents is a class of pharmaceuticals used in treatment of protozoan infection.Protozoans have little in common with each other and so agents effective against one pathogen may not be effective against another...
that acts upon Coccidia
Coccidia
Coccidia is a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida. Coccidian parasites infect the intestinal tracts of animals, and are the largest group of apicomplexan protozoa....
parasites.
Examples include:
- amproliumAmproliumAmprolium is a coccidiostat used in poultry.-Synthesis:The drug is a thiamine analogue and blocks the thiamine transporter of Eimeria species...
- arprinocidArprinocidArprinocid is a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine....
- artemetherArtemetherArtemether is an antimalarial for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains of falciparum malaria. It is combined with Lumefantrine and sold by Novartis under the brand names Riamet and Co-Artem.-Chemical nature:...
- clopidolClopidolClopidol is a coccidiostat with the chemical formula C7H7Cl2NO....
- decoquinateDecoquinateDecoquinate is a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine....
- diclazurilDiclazurilDiclazuril is a coccidiostat....
- dinitolmide
- ethopabateEthopabateEthopabate is a coccidiostat used in poultry....
- halofuginoneHalofuginoneHalofuginone is a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine. It is a synthetic halogenated derivative of febrifugine, a natural quinazolinone alkaloid which can be found in the Chinese herb Dichroa febrifuga . Collgard Biopharmaceuticals is developing halofuginone for the treatment of scleroderma...
- lasalocidLasalocidLasalocid is an antibacterial agent and a coccidiostat, which is produced by strains of Streptomyces lasaliensis. It is the drug in the feed additive called Bovatec....
- monensinMonensinMonensin is a polyether antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces cinnamonensis. It is widely used in animal feeds.The structure of monensin was first described by Agtarap et al. in 1967, and was the first polyether antibiotic to have its structure elucidated in this way...
- narasinNarasinNarasin is a coccidiostat and antibacterial agent. It is a derivative of salinomycin which has an additional methyl group....
- nicarbazinNicarbazinNicarbazin is a coccidiostat....
- oryzalinOryzalinOryzalin is an herbicide. It acts through the disruption of microtubules, thus blocking anisotropic growth of plant cells....
- robenidineRobenidineRobenidine is a coccidiostat....
- roxarsone
- salinomycinSalinomycinSalinomycin is an antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug.- Use in cancer :Salinomycin has been shown by Piyush Gupta et al. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Broad Institute to kill breast cancer stem cells at least 100 times more effectively than another...
- spiramycinSpiramycinSpiramycin is a macrolide antibiotic. It is used to treat toxoplasmosis. Although used in Europe, Canada and Mexico, spiramycin is still considered an experimental drug in the United States, but can sometimes be obtained by special permission from the FDA for toxoplasmosis in the first trimester of...
- sulfadiazineSulfadiazineSulfadiazine is a sulfonamide antibiotic.-Uses:It eliminates bacteria that cause infections by stopping the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, and is commonly used to treat urinary tract infections ....
- toltrazurilToltrazurilToltrazuril is a coccidiostat....