Clofazimine

"Clofazimine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A fat-soluble riminophenazine dye used for the treatment of leprosy. It has been used investigationally in combination with other antimycobacterial drugs to treat Mycobacterium avium infections in AIDS patients. Clofazimine also has a marked anti-inflammatory effect and is given to control the leprosy reaction, erythema nodosum leprosum. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1993, p1619)

Descriptor ID	D002991
MeSH Number(s)	D03.633.300.704.353
Concept/Terms	Clofazimine Clofazimine N,5-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-3,5-dihydro-3-((1-methylethyl)imino)-2-phenazinamine Lamprene Lamprene B-663 B-663 B 663 B663 G-30,320 G-30,320 G 30,320 G30,320

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring [D03.633]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring [D03.633.300]
Phenazines [D03.633.300.704]
Clofazimine [D03.633.300.704.353]

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