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An amebicide (or amoebicide) is an agent used in the treatment of amoebozoa infections.

Diloxanide furoate is a luminal amebicide used in the treatment of Amebiasis.

It is also an amebicide.

Iodoquinol is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is used as a luminal amebicide.

It was also found to be effective as an amebicide in vitro against three species of Acanthamoeba, which cause granulomatous amebic encephalitis and amebic keratitis.

An amebicide (or amoebicide) is an agent used in the treatment of amoebozoa infections.

This amoebicide acts directly on the trophozoites of E. Histolytica.

It is found to be very effective in invasive amoebiasis although the drug is a weaker amoebicide when compared to emetine.

Treatment must also include a lumenal amoebicide to prevent reinvasion of tissues by amoebae still in the intestines (see Amoebiasis).

Hence the ideal amoebicide should be able to act within the intestinal lumen, in the intestinal wall, and systemically, particularly in the liver.

He discovered that emetine, the active ingredient of the ancient emetic ipecacuanha, is an amoebicide and therefore effective against amoebic dysentery.

An Indian study of 30 patients on this drug revealed that it acted as a contact amoebicide and also against the invasive forms.23 The therapeutic action of Ambilhar was found to be significantly better than that produced by a combination of dehydroemetine and chloroquine.