Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2020, 1(1); doi: 10.25236/AJMHS.2020.010109.
Peijia Hong
Abbey College Cambridge, CB2 8EB, Cambridge, UK
Oxamniquine, with the brand name Vansil, is a medication used to treat schistosomiasis, the worldwide parasitic disease. This report includes the history, the structure, the synthesis and development, the side effects and the contribution of oxamniquine.
Oxamniquine, Schistosoma mansoni infection, schistosomes, schistosomal enzyme, epileptiform convulsions
Peijia Hong. An effective parasitic agent---oxamniquine. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2020) Vol. 1, Issue 1: 54-59. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2020.010109.
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