Niclosamide belongs to the taeniafuge drugs of the anti-parasitic disease drugs , it is less toxic, it has a high efficacy on a variety of tapeworm, tapeworm mechanism is hampering tapeworm Krebs cycle, so that lactic acid is accumulated which can cause the death of the parasites, it is drug of choice in livestock and poultry, pet tapeworm prevention . Oral absorption from the gastrointestinal tract is very little, so it can maintain a high concentration in the intestine, it has a strong insecticidal action against the pork tapeworm, and beef tapeworm short Hymenolepis . Low concentrations of the drug can promote parasite uptake, while high concentrations of the drug can inhibit mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation of the parasite, and hinder the absorption of glucose uptake,and result in tapeworm head and proximal segments death, and elimination with the feces from the intestinal wall . Mainly it is used for tapeworm infection, but it is also used as molluscidal drugs which can kill snails and snail eggs, cercariae and miracidia. It has high rate of snail eradication , slow effect, long residual effect, it is used for the prevention of schistosomiasis, the temperature above 20 ℃ is better. In addition ,the product is friendly to human, animal and plant,it is very toxic to fish, so use in the fish ponds is forbidden .
Niclosamide 50-65-7
