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Arsenamide or thiacetarsamide (trade name Caparsolate) is an
arsenical Arsenicals are chemical compounds that contain arsenic. In a military context, the term arsenical refers to toxic arsenic compounds that are used as chemical warfare agents. This includes blister agents, blood agents and vomiting agents. Historica ...
. It is a proposed chemotherapeutic agent against canine
filaria ''Filaria'' is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Filariidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *'' Filaria acutiuscula'' *'' Filaria bufonis'' *''Filaria loliginis ''Filaria'' is a genus of nematodes belonging ...
and
trichomonas ''Trichomonas'' is a genus of anaerobic excavate parasites of vertebrates. It was first discovered by Alfred François Donné in 1836 when he found these parasites in the vagina of a patient suffering from vaginitis, an inflammation of the vag ...
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Antiparasitic agents Organoarsenic dithiolates Acetic acids Benzamides Drugs with unknown mechanisms of action {{antiinfective-drug-stub