Synonyms: 1314 TH | Bayer 5312 | Trecator®
ethionamide is an approved drug (FDA (1965))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Ethionamide is a thioamide compound with potent antibacterial activity against mycobacteria. It is a prodrug that requires intracellular activation, by the monooxygenase EthA, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis [1]. Ethionamide is used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
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References |
1. Fraaije MW, Kamerbeek NM, Heidekamp AJ, Fortin R, Janssen DB. (2004)
The prodrug activator EtaA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase. J Biol Chem, 279 (5): 3354-60. [PMID:14610090] |
2. Rastogi N, Labrousse V, Goh KS. (1996)
In vitro activities of fourteen antimicrobial agents against drug susceptible and resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparative intracellular activities against the virulent H37Rv strain in human macrophages. Curr Microbiol, 33 (3): 167-75. [PMID:8672093] |