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... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > Quinolines > Hydroxyquinolines > Oxyquinoline > Clioquinol

Preferred term

Clioquinol  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 5 Chloro 7 iodo 8 quinolinol
  • 5-Chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol
  • Chloroiodoquine
  • Iodochlorhydroxyquin
  • Iodochloroxyquinoline

Scope note

  • A potentially neurotoxic 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative long used as a topical anti-infective, intestinal antiamebic, and vaginal trichomonacide. The oral preparation has been shown to cause subacute myelo-optic neuropathy and has been banned worldwide.

History note

  • 93; was IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1963-92 (see under HYDROXYQUINOLINES 1983-90); CLIOQUINOL was see IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1976-92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007464

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