Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate

Bephenium hydroxynaphthoate (International Nonproprietary Name, INN, trade names Alcopara, Alcopar, Befenium, Debefenium, Francin, Nemex) is an anthelmintic agent formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis. It is formulation, formulated as a salt (chemistry), salt between the active pharmaceutical ingredient, bephenium, and 3-Hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid.

Bephenium is not FDA-approved and is not available in the United States. Retrieved on March 25, 2011.

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Antiparasitic agents
Quaternary ammonium compounds
Benzyl compounds
Nicotinic agonists
Salicylates

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