Product Name: Niclosamide
CAS: 50-65-7
MF: C13H8Cl2N2O4
MW: 327.12
EINECS: 200-056-8
Melting point 225-230°
density 1.6646 (rough estimate)
refractive index 1.6200 (estimate)
storage temp. 0-6°C
Chemical Properties Yellowish-white or yellowish, fine crystals.Yellow-white crystalline powder, odorless, tasteless. Melting point 225-230 ℃. Insoluble in water, soluble in hot ethanol, chloroform, cyclohexanone, diethyl ether and sodium hydroxide solution.
Originator Yomesan,Bayer,W. Germany,1960
Uses dopamine receptor agonist
Uses An inhibitor of the Stat3 signaling pathway and also a FRAP inhibitor.
Uses Niclosamide has been used extensively in the treatment of tapeworm infections caused by Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Diphyllobothrium latum, Fasciolopsis buski, and Hymenolepis nana.