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Acetarsol
Introduction
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Overview
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
References
- ↑ “acetarsol – PubChem Public Chemical Database”. The PubChem Project. USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Éric Fouassier, Ces poisons qui guérissent, oct. 1996, p. 5.
- ↑ Traité de chimie organique, sous la direction de Victor Grignard, Paul Baud, vol. 22, Masson, 1959, p. 1127-1130.
- ↑ 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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