Griseofulvin-In Medical Industry

Introduction

CAS number: 126-07-8

Molecular formula:C17H17ClO6

molecular weight:352.77

Chemical structure:

Product Details

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Basic Information
Product name Griseofulvin
Grade pharmaceutical grade
Appearance White to yellow-white powder
Assay 99%
Shelf life 3 Years
Packing 25kg/carton
Characteristic Practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in dimetlformamide and in tetrachloroethane, slightly soluble in androus ethanol and in methanol
Condition Keep the container closed in a dry, well-ventilated place.

Genearl description of Griseofulvin

Griseofulvin is a non-polyene class antifungal antibiotics; it can strongly inhibit the mitosis of fungal cell and interfere with the fungal DNA synthesis; it can also bind to tubulin to prevent fungal cell division. It has been applied to clinical medicine since 1958 and has currently been widely used for treating the fungal infections of the skin and the stratum corneum with strong inhibitory effects on Trichopton rubrum and Trichopton tonsorans, etc. Griseofulvin is not only a widely used antibiotic for clinical treatment of fungal infections of the skin and cuticle, but also applied in agriculture for prevention and treatment of fungal diseases; for example, it has a special efficacy on treating a kind of candidiasis in apple which can cause infection during pollination.

Indications of Griseofulvin

In medicine, this product is suitable for the treatment of a variety of ringworm, including tinea capitis, tinea barbae, body tinea, jock itch, foot tinea and onychomycosis. The various kinds of tinea mentioned are caused by various fungi including Trichopton rubrum, Trichopton tonsorans, Trichopton mentagroptes, Fingers Trichopton, etc., and Microsporon audouini, Microsporon canis, Microsporon gypseum and Epidermopton floccosum, etc. due. This product is not suitable for treatment in mild cases, localized infection cases and cases which can be treated with topical antifungal agents. Griseofulvin is not effective in treating the infections of a various kinds of fungi such as Candida, Histoplasma, Actinomyces, Sporothrix species, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Nocardio and Cryptococcus species as well as treating tinea versicolor.
In agriculture, this product is first introduced by Brian etal (1951) for control of plant diseases. According to previous studies, it can be used for prevention of melon (melon) vine blight, crack spread disease, watermelon blight, anthracnose, apple blossom rot, apple cold rot, apple rot, cucumber downy mildew , strawberry gray mold, gourds hanging blight, powdery mildew of roses, chrysanthemums powdery mildew, rot flower lettuce, early tomato blight, tulip fire blight and other fungal diseases.


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