Sulfaguanidine

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Sulfaguanidine
Clinical data
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Identifiers
  • 4-Amino-N-[amino(imino)methyl]benzenesulfonamide
JSmol)
Melting point190 to 193 °C (374 to 379 °F)
  • c1cc(N)ccc1S(=O)(=O)N=C(N)N
  • InChI=1S/C7H10N4O2S/c8-5-1-3-6(4-2-5)14(12,13)11-7(9)10/h1-4H,8H2,(H4,9,10,11)
  • Key:BRBKOPJOKNSWSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Sulfaguanidine is a sulfonamide.

Sulfaguanidine is a

enteric infections.[1]

Sulphaguanidine (II) was independently prepared by Marshall, Bratton, White, and Litchfield and Roblin, Williams, Winnek, and English in 1940, and introduced for the treatment of bacillary dysentery on the basis of its poor absorption from the gut. Its orally administered route of administration is now well established.[2]

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