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YellowCrystallinePowder
MeltingPoint
160-162°C
Assay
(OnDriedBasis):98.5-101.0%
LossonDrying
≤0.5%
Ethionamideisasparinlgysoluble(0.839mg/mL)thioamideanti-Mycobacteriumantibiotic.
536-33-4
C8H10N2S
166.24
Ethionamideisthoughttointerferewiththesynthesisofmycolicacids,anessentialfattyacidcomponentfoundinMycobacteriumcellwalls.
2933.39.4100
EthionamidetargetsMycobacteriumtuberculosisandMycobacteriumlepraeresponsIBLefortuberculosisandleprosyrespectively.
Powder
YellowCrystallinePowder
160-162°C
(OnDriedBasis):98.5-101.0%
≤0.5%