Oxantel

Oxantel
Clinical data

ATC code	P02CC02 (WHO) QP52AF03 (WHO)
Identifiers
IUPAC name 3-[(E)-2-(1-Methyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrimidin-2-yl)ethenyl]phenol
CAS Number	68813-55-8^Y
PubChem (CID)	5281087
ChemSpider	4444540^N
UNII	94AJJ30D9E^Y
KEGG	D00806^Y
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C₁₃H₁₆N₂O
Molar mass	216.28 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CN1CCCN=C1/C=C/C2=CC(=CC=C2)O
InChI InChI=1S/C13H16N2O/c1-15-9-3-8-14-13(15)7-6-11-4-2-5-12(16)10-11/h2,4-7,10,16H,3,8-9H2,1H3/b7-6+^N Key:VRYKTHBAWRESFI-VOTSOKGWSA-N^N
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Oxantel is an anthelmintic. It has typically been used human and animal use as a standard treatment for intestinal worms.

Oxantel is currently being experimented with for the treatment of periodontal disease by the Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science (CRC). Professor Eric Reynolds (also the head of Dental School at the University of Melbourne, Australia) and his Associate Professor Stuart Dashper are currently testing its ability as a Fumarate reductase inhibitor.

Fumarate reductase is an enzyme that has been found in the pathogenic bacteria in the biofilm in periodontal pockets. This bacteria has the ability to convert blood components into energy and for the bacteria to be virulent. Such bacteria would starve without this enzyme. As such, the role of the Oxantel as a fumarate reductase inhibitor would be to kill the bacteria responsible for periodontal disease.

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 Morantel Carbantel Febantel (aka felsantel)

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

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^‡Withdrawn from market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

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