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A taeniacide is a substance that kills tapeworms. This makes it a class of antihelminthic agents. It gets its name from the genus Taenia.

Examples

Pharmaceutical taeniacides include diatrizoic acid, praziquantel, albendazole, niclosamide, and bunamidine.

See also

Anticestodal agent

References

"taeniacide" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
Hirasaki, Shoji; Murakami, Kazutoshi; Mizushima, Takaaki; Hiramatsu, Kazuhisa; Hanayama, Yoshihisa; Kanamori, Tatsuya; Koide, Norio (2012). "Long-term Taenia saginata Infection Successfully Treated with Meglumine/Diatrizoate Sodium". Internal Medicine. 51 (2): 177–179. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6499. PMID 22246486.
^ "CDC - Taeniasis - Resources for Health Professionals". 15 October 2020.
"Bunamidine".

External links

Taeniacides at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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Antiparasitics – Anthelmintics (P02) and endectocides (QP54)

Antiplatyhelmintic agents

Antitrematodals
(schistosomicides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Triclabendazole
AChE inhibitor	phosphonic acid Metrifonate
Other/unknown	quinoline Arpraziquantel Praziquantel (+esafoxolaner/eprinomectin) Oxamniquine phenol Bithionol thiazole Niridazole thioxanthone Hycanthone Lucanthone antimony compounds Stibophen Tartar emetic

Anticestodals
(taeniacides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Albendazole
Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel (+esafoxolaner/eprinomectin) salicylanilide Niclosamide aminoacridine Quinacrine butyrophenone Desaspidin chlorophenol Dichlorophen

Antinematodal agents
(including
macrofilaricides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Mebendazole Albendazole Tiabendazole Fenbendazole Ciclobendazole Flubendazole
Glutamate-gated chloride channel, GABA receptor	avermectins Abamectin Doramectin Emamectin Eprinomectin (+esafoxolaner/praziquantel) Ivermectin Selamectin milbemycins Moxidectin (+fluralaner) Milbemycin oxime
NMDA	tetrahydropyrimidine Pyrantel pyrantel pamoate Oxantel Morantel Carbantel Febantel (aka felsantel)
Other/unknown	piperazine Piperazine Diethylcarbamazine thiazole Levamisole quinolinium Pyrvinium benzylammonium Bephenium naphthalenesulfonate Suramin Ascaridole Hexylresorcinol Santonin Tribendimidine Tetrachloroethylene

WHO-EM
Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- Phase III
- Never to phase III

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