Description
An orally bioavailable antiprotozoal agent; inhibits the growth of the parasites T. cruzi, T. vaginalis, G. lamblia, and E. histolytica (IC50s = 8.1, 18.62, 22.58, and 4.27 μM, respectively); inhibits clonogenic growth of human C33A cervical and KNS42 glioblastoma cancer cells under hypoxic, but not normoxic, conditions at 100 μM; decreases T. cruzi blood parasitemia to below detectable levels in a mouse model of chronic stable Chagas disease at 100 mg/kg per day
Formal name: 2-nitro-N-(phenylmethyl)-1H-imidazole-1-acetamide
Synonyms: NSC 299972|Ro 07-1051
Molecular weight: 260.3
CAS: 22994-85-0
Purity: ≥95%
Formulation: A crystalline solid