Ciclopirox
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Non-proprietary name | Ciclopirox | ||||||||||||
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Molecular formula | C 12 H 17 NO 2 | ||||||||||||
Brief description |
white to yellowish white, crystalline powder |
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Molar mass | 207.27 g · mol -1 | ||||||||||||
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firmly |
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Melting point |
144 ° C |
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solubility |
Slightly soluble in water, easily soluble in dichloromethane and ethanol |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Ciclopirox is a drug that is used as a local antifungal agent . It was patented by Hoechst in 1970 and 1975 . Ciclopirox is a pyridone - descendant . Except ciclopirox itself will be ethanolamine - salt Ciclopiroxolamine pharmaceutically also used as an antifungal drug.
application areas
Ciclopirox is a broad-spectrum antifungal drug that works against candida and dermatophytes . It is used to treat dermatomycosis and onychomycosis, and vaginal yeast infections . It also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. A contraindication is pregnancy.
effect
Ciclopirox disrupts the function of the fungal cell membrane . It penetrates deeply into the skin and nails and is well tolerated. Ciclopirox has a fungicidal and sporocidal effect , it inhibits metabolic processes that are involved in important enzymatic reactions, so it induces the outflow of vital cell components.
Trade names
Batrafen (D, A), Ciclocutan (D, A), Ciclopoli (D), Dafnegil (CH), Inimur myko (D), Kitonail (A), Nagel Batrafen (D), Sebiprox (D, CH), Stieprox ( A), Nibulen ( TR ), various generics (D, CH).
literature
- C.-J. Estler (founder) u. H. Schmidt (Ed.): Pharmacology and Toxicology . 6th edition, Schattauer, 2007, p. 843.
- J. Falbe et al. M. Regitz (Ed.): Römpp Lexikon Chemie . 10th edition, Thieme, 1996, p. 750.
- HJ Roth u. H. Fenner: Drugs . Thieme, 1988, p. 121.
- Marianne Abele-Horn: Antimicrobial Therapy. Decision support for the treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases. With the collaboration of Werner Heinz, Hartwig Klinker, Johann Schurz and August Stich, 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Peter Wiehl, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-927219-14-4 , pp. 254-258 ( antimycotics for local therapy ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c data sheet CICLOPIROX CRS (PDF) at EDQM , accessed on August 21, 2008.
- ↑ J. Falbe et al. M. Regitz (Ed.): Römpp Lexikon Chemie . 10th edition, Thieme, 1996, p. 750.
- ↑ a b Data sheet Ciclopirox olamine from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on October 22, 2016 ( PDF ).
- ↑ Kimberly M. Carlson-Banning, Andrew Chou, Zhen Liu, Richard J. Hamill, Yongcheng Song, Lynn Zechiedrich: Toward Repurposing Ciclopirox as an Antibiotic against Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. In: PLOS ONE . Volume 8, Number 7, 2013, e69646, doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0069646 . PMID 23936064 .
- ↑ Red List online, as of September 2009.
- ↑ AM comp. d. Switzerland, as of September 2009.
- ↑ AGES-PharmMed, as of September 2009.