Nifurtimox

CHEMBL290960 Phase 4 Zugelassen Small molecule
Half-Life
Bioavailability
Protein Binding
Molecular Weight
287.3 g/mol
LogP
1.3
Phase
4

An antiparasitic medication used to treat Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, infections caused by parasites transmitted through insect bites.

Molekularmasse

287,2900 g/mol

LogP

1,30

TPSA

117,00 Ų

Lipinski-Regel der Fünf

Bestanden

Wirkmechanismus

Disrupts essential metabolic pathways or structural components of parasitic organisms, leading to paralysis, starvation, or death of the parasite.

Pharmacokinetics (PK)

Pharmacodynamics (PD)

Mechanismus

Disrupts essential metabolic pathways or structural components of parasitic organisms, leading to paralysis, starvation, or death of the parasite.

2D-Struktur

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SMILES

CC1CS(=O)(=O)CCN1/N=C/c1ccc([N+](=O)[O-])o1

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H13N3O5S/c1-8-7-19(16,17)5-4-12(8)11-6-9-2-3-10(18-9)13(14)15/h2-3,6,8H,4-5,7H2,1H3/b11-6+

Molecular Formula

C10H13N3O5S

HBD / HBA

- / 7

Rotierbare Bindungen

2

Schwere Atome

19

No targets recorded

Target interaction data is not yet available for this drug.

No interactions recorded

Drug interaction data is not yet available for this compound.

No side effects recorded

Side effect data is not yet available for this drug.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

An antiparasitic medication used to treat Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, infections caused by parasites transmitted through insect bites.

Disrupts essential metabolic pathways or structural components of parasitic organisms, leading to paralysis, starvation, or death of the parasite.

Yes, Nifurtimox is an approved drug. It has reached clinical phase 4. It is classified as a Small molecule.

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References & Data Sources

  • ChEMBL — European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). CHEMBL290960. Open-access bioactivity database.
  • PubChem — National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). CID 6842999. Chemical information database.

Data aggregated from publicly available pharmacological databases. Last updated 2026-03-28.

Medizinischer Haftungsausschluss

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Data sources: ChEMBL, PubChem, DailyMed.