Hycanthone
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Hycanthone is a schistosomicide
. It is a metabolite of lucanthone
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Schistosomicide
A schistosomicide is a drug used to combat schistosomiasis.Examples listed in MeSH include:* amoscanate* arteether* artemether* chloroxylenol* hycanthone* lucanthone* meclonazepam* niridazole* oltipraz* oxamniquineAnother example is praziquantel....
. It is a metabolite of lucanthone
Lucanthone
Lucanthone is a drug used in chemotherapy.Lucanthone is a prodrug and is converted to an active metabolite "hycanthone".-Mechanism of action:...
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