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Acetarsol

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Acetarsol is an anti-infective.[2] It was first discovered in 1921 at Pasteur Institute by Ernest Fourneau, and sold under the brand name Stovarsol (fourneau is the French word for stove).[3][4]

It has been given in suppositories.[5]

References

  1. “acetarsol – PubChem Public Chemical Database”. The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information.
  2. Chen MY, Smith NA, Fox EF, Bingham JS, Barlow D (April 1999). “Acetarsol pessaries in the treatment of metronidazole resistant Trichomonas vaginalis”. Int J STD AIDS. 10 (4): 277–80. doi:10.1258/0956462991913943. PMID 12035784.
  3. Éric Fouassier, Ces poisons qui guérissent, oct. 1996, p. 5.
  4. Traité de chimie organique, sous la direction de Victor Grignard, Paul Baud, vol. 22, Masson, 1959, p. 1127-1130.
  5. Gionchetti P, Rizzello F, Morselli C, Campieri M (October 2004). “Review article: problematic proctitis and distal colitis”. Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 20 Suppl 4: 93–6. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02049.x. PMID 15352902.

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