Taeniacide
(Redirected from Teniacide)
A taeniacide is a substance that kills tapeworms.[1] This makes it a class of antihelminthic agents. It gets its name from the genus Taenia.
Examples
[edit | edit source]Pharmaceutical taeniacides include diatrizoic acid,[2] praziquantel,[3] albendazole,[3] niclosamide,[3] and bunamidine.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "taeniacide" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Taeniacides at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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