Uses
Bithionol sulfoxide is an anti-infection agent for parasites. Bithionol sulfoxide has mutagenic activity. Bithionol sulfoxide can be used in the research of parasite infection, such as paragonimiasis, flukes andcestodes infection[1][2][5].
References
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10.3354/dao02269[2] S P Yang, et al. Treatment of paragonimiasis with bithionol and bithionol sulfoxide. Dis Chest. 1967 Aug;52(2):220-32. DOI:
10.1378/chest.52.2.220[3] Lavri A, et al. Oral toxicity of bithionol sulfoxide in mice and rats. Zbornik Veterinarske Fakultete Univerza Ljubljana 1990 Vol.27 No.1 pp.33-39 ref.22.
[4] Chompoochan T, et al. The anthelmintic effects of bithionol sulfoxide against sheep experimentally infected with Fasciola gigantica[C]//ACIAR PROCEEDINGS. 1996: 189-194.
[5] D.Mourot, et al. Mutagenicity of bithionol sulfoxide and its metabolites in the Salmonella/mammalian microsome test. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology, 1987, 188(1): 53-55.
