Antiplatyhelmintic agent

An antiplatyhelmintic agent is a type of anthelmintic designed to reduce flatworm infection.[1]

References

antiplatyhelmintic+agents at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Antiparasitics – Anthelmintics (P02) and endectocides (QP54)

Antiplatyhelmintic agents

Antitrematodals
(schistosomicides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Triclabendazole^#
AChE inhibitor	phosphonic acid Metrifonate^‡
Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel^# Oxamniquine^# phenol Bithionol thiazole Niridazole thioxanthone Hycanthone Lucanthone antimony compounds Stibophen Tartar emetic^‡

Anticestodals
(taeniacides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Albendazole^#
Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel^# 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 Ivermectin^# Selamectin milbemycins Moxidectin 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^‡Withdrawn from market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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