Butamisole
Pharmaceutical compound
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Butamisole is a pharmaceutical drug used in veterinary medicine.[1] It is an anthelmintic of the imidazothiazole class.[2] In dogs it is used for the treatment of infections with whipworms such as Trichuris vulpis and with hookworm such as Ancylostoma caninum.[3] It acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist that causes sustained muscle contraction in the parasite followed by depolarizing neuromuscular blockade which leads to paralysis.[3]
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| Formula | C15H19N3OS |
| Molar mass | 289.40 g·mol−1 |
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