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Clioquinol MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Clioquinol
Tree Number(s)
D03.633.100.810.350.625.400
Unique ID
D007464
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007464
Scope Note
A potentially neurotoxic 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative long used as a topical anti-infective, intestinal antiamebic, and vaginal trichomonacide. The oral preparation has been shown to cause subacute myelo-optic neuropathy and has been banned worldwide.
Entry Term(s)
5-Chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol
Chinoform
Chloroiodoquine
Entero-Septol
Entero-Vioform
Enteroquinol
Iodochlorhydroxyquin
Iodochloroxyquinoline
Vioform
Registry Numbers
7BHQ856EJ5
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Related Numbers
130-26-7
CAS Type 1 Name
8-Quinolinol, 5-chloro-7-iodo-
Public MeSH Note
93; was IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1963-92 (see under HYDROXYQUINOLINES 1983-90); CLIOQUINOL was see IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1976-92
Online Note
use CLIOQUINOL to search IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1966-92
History Note
93; was IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1963-92 (see under HYDROXYQUINOLINES 1983-90); CLIOQUINOL was see IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN 1976-92
Date Established
1963/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/05/28
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