Product name : Nifurtimox
Synonyms : 4-((5-Nitrofurfurylidene)amino)-3-methylthiomorpholine-1,1-dioxide;
CAS No. : 23256-30-6
Molecular Formula : C10H13N3O5S
Molecular Weight : 287.2923
Product description :
This product is a 5-nitrofuran and is used to treat diseases caused by trypanosomes including Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. It is given by mouth and not by injection,it has also been used to treat African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), and is active in the second stage of the disease (CNS involvement).Combination therapy with eflornithine and nifurtimox is safer and easier than treatment with eflornithine alone, and appears to be equally or more effective.