Sulfadoxine

Pharmaceuticals -> Antibiotics

Pharmaceuticals -> Antibiotics (Sulfonamide)

Pharmaceuticals -> Listed in ZINC15

0.70

0.7

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

FDA approved drugs -> Active ingredient

190-194 °C

190 - 194 °C

165.3 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW; Method: Major Mix IMS/Tof Calibration Kit (Waters)]

166.2 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW; Method: calibrated with polyalanine and drug standards]

172.96 Ų [M+Na]+ [CCS Type: TW; Method: calibrated with polyalanine and drug standards]

166.6 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW]

169.1 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW; Method: calibrated with Waters Major Mix]

173.22 Ų [M-H]-

Warning

H315 (57.7%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P272, P273, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 130 reports by companies from 9 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Sulfadoxine helps inhibit the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase which is an enzyme necessary in the conversion of PABA to folic acid. As folic acid is vital to the synthesis, repair, and methylation of DNA which is vital to cell growth in Plasmodium falciparum. With this vital nutrient lacking, the parasite has difficulty in reproducing.

Sulfadoxine is a sulfa drug, often used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria. This medicine may also be used to prevent malaria in people who are living in, or will be traveling to, an area where there is a chance of getting malaria. Sulfadoxine targets Plasmodium dihydropteroate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase. Sulfa drugs or Sulfonamides are antimetabolites. They compete with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) for incorporation into folic acid. The action of sulfonamides exploits the difference between mammal cells and other kinds of cells in their folic acid metabolism. All cells require folic acid for growth. Folic acid (as a vitamin) diffuses or is transported into human cells. However, folic acid cannot cross bacterial (and certain protozoan) cell walls by diffusion or active transport. For this reason bacteria must synthesize folic acid from p-aminobenzoic acid.

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SULFADOXINE

Established Pharmacologic Class [EPC] - Sulfonamide

Chemical Structure [CS] - Sulfonamides

Sulfadoxine is a Sulfonamide.

Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.

Substances capable of killing agents causing urinary tract infections or of preventing them from spreading.

Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)