Megazol

Megazol
Clinical data
ATC code None
Identifiers
CAS Number 19622-55-0
ChemSpider 27598
Chemical and physical data
Formula C6H6N6O2S
Molar mass 226.22 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image

Megazol (CL 64855) is a nitroimidazole based drug that cures some protozoan infections.

A study of nitroimidazoles found the drug extremely effective against T. brucei and T. cruzi which cause Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, respectively. The drug is considerably more effective than standard benznidazole therapy (for Chagas) which is considered the gold standard.[1] This is despite that other nitroimidazoles proved ineffective against these pathogens.

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