Taeniacide

A taeniacide is a substance that kills tapeworms.[1] This makes it a class of antihelminthic agents.

It gets its name from the genus Taenia.

Examples

Natural taeniacides include pumpkin seed, cucumber and pomegranate.

Some synthetic taeniacides include diatrizoic acid, praziquantel, bunamidine and niclosamide.

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

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^‡

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Albendazole^#
Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel^# salicylanilide Niclosamide^# aminoacridine Quinacrine butyrophenone Desaspidin chlorophenol Dichlorophen

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^‡

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