Macrofilaricide

A macrofilaricide is a chemotherapeutic compound that is active against adult filarial nematodes.^[1] Many nematodes are economically important parasites of human and animal.

References

↑ "WHO | Drug development: ONCHOCERCIASIS and LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS". www.who.int. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

Antiparasitics – Anthelmintics (P02) and Endectocides (QP54)

Antiplatyhelmintic agents

Antitrematodals
(schistosomicides)

Binds tubulin	benzimidazole Triclabendazole^#

AI	phosphonic acid Metrifonate^‡

Other/unknown	quinoline Praziquantel^# Oxamniquine^# phenol Bithionol thiazole Niridazole arylsulfonate Stibophen

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 Ivermectin^# Selamectin milbemycins Moxidectin Milbemycin oxime

NMDA	tetrahydropyrimidine Pyrantel^# pyrantel pamoate Oxantel

Other/unknown	piperazine Piperazine Diethylcarbamazine^# thiazole Levamisole^‡# quinolinium Pyrvinium benzylammonium Bephenium naphthalenesulfonate Suramin^# Tribendimidine

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

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