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Arsphenamine, also known as Salvarsan and compound 606, is a drug that was introduced at the beginning of the 1910s as the first effective treatment for syphilis, and was also used to treat trypanosomiasis. It is an organoarsenic molecule, and was the first modern chemotherapeutic agent. ==History== Sahachiro Hata and Paul Ehrlich discovered the a...
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(from the article `medicine, history of`) ...a selective affinity for certain chemicals. He experimented with the effects of various chemical substances on disease organisms. In 1910, with ... ...a dye, trypan red, which was the first drug to show activity against trypanosomal infections in mice. Ehrlich`s greatest triumph, however, was...
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<chemical> Pharmacological action: antitreponemal agents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(1,2-diarsenediyl)bis(2-amino-, dihydrochloride ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ars-fen′ă-min Definitions: 1. A yellow hygroscopic powder formerly used in the treatment of syphilis, yaws, and some other diseases of protozoan origin. The synthesis of arsphenamine in 1907 and the demonstration of its usefulness as a therapeutic agent by Paul Ehrlich and coworkers (1909) marked the beginning o...
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Arsphenamine is an organic compound of arsenic. It was discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1909 and used to treat syphilis. It was given the proprietary name Salvarsan. Neoarsphenamine (neosalvarsan) followed arsphenamine and was used until 1945, when penicillin superseded it.
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a yellow, crystalline powder, CHNOAs&multiplydot;2HCl&multiplydot;2HO, formerly used to treat diseases caused by spirochete organisms, esp. syphilis and trench mouth: first known as “606.”
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