ATC Group: P01AX Other agents against amoebiasis and other protozoal diseases

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of P01AX in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents
2 P01 Antiprotozoals
3 P01A Agents against amoebiasis and other protozoal diseases
4 P01AX Other agents against amoebiasis and other protozoal diseases

Group P01AX contents

Code Title
P01AX01 Chiniofon
P01AX02 Emetine
P01AX04 Phanquinone
P01AX05 Mepacrine
P01AX06 Atovaquone
P01AX07 Trimetrexate
P01AX08 Tenonitrozole
P01AX09 Dihydroemetine
P01AX10 Fumagillin
P01AX11 Nitazoxanide
P01AX52 Emetine, combinations

Active ingredients in P01AX

Active Ingredient Description
Atovaquone

Atovaquone is a selective and potent inhibitor of the eukaryotic mitochondrial electron transport chain in a number of parasitic protozoa and the parasitic fungus P. jiroveci. The site of action appears to be the cytochrome bc1 complex (complex III).

Chiniofon
Mepacrine
Nitazoxanide
Phanquinone
Tenonitrozole

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