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Methylbenzethonium

An antiseptic of the quaternary ammonium salt family, related to benzethonium chloride, used mainly in an ointment together with paromomycin for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. This family brings together the active ingredient.

Did you know?In the ointment the two active ingredients share the work: methylbenzethonium damages the parasite's mitochondria, and in mice the ointment with both cleared the parasites and healed the lesions in every treated animal.

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