Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Arsthinol (INN) is an antiprotozoal agent. It was synthesized for the first time in 1949 by Ernst A.H. Friedheim by complexation of acetarsol with 23-dimercaptopropanol (British anti-Lewisite) and has been demonstrated to be effective against amoebiasis and yaws. It was marketed few years latter by Endo Products (Balarsen Tablets 0.1 g).Among trivalent organoarsenicals arthinol was considered as very well tolerated. Recently it was studied for its anticancer activity.
