API reference
Levamisole
- CAS number
- 14769-73-4
- Molecular formula
- C11H12N2S
- Molecular weight
- 204.29 g/mol
About this molecule
Levamisole is a 6-phenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroimidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole that has S configuration. It is used (generally as the monohydrochloride salt) to treat parasitic worm infections in pigs, sheep and cattle and was formerly used in humans as an adjuvant to chemotherapy for the treatment of various cancers. It is also widely used as an adulterant to coccaine. It has a role as an antinematodal drug, an antirheumatic drug, an immunomodulator, an immunological adjuvant and an EC 3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase) inhibitor. It is an enantiomer of a dexamisole.
Source: ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identifiers
- IUPAC name
- (6S)-6-phenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroimidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole
- InChIKey
- HLFSDGLLUJUHTE-SNVBAGLBSA-N
- SMILES
- C1CSC2=N[C@H](CN21)C3=CC=CC=C3
- PubChem CID
- 26879
Also known as
levamisole · Levamisol · Ketrax · L-Tetramisole · Lepuron · Wormicid · LEVOMYSOL · (S)-(-)-Levamisole
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