English name 8-Hydroxyquinoline

Chinese alias: 8-quinoline hydroxide; 8-hydroxyazanaphthalene; Oh Star; Quinolinol; 8-hydroxy nitrogen (hetero) naphthalene; O-hydroxy nitrogen (hetero) naphthalene

CAS RN 148-24-3

EINECS No. 205-711-1

Molecular formula C9H7NO

Molecular weight 145.16

Uses The product is an intermediate of haloquinoline anti amoeba drugs, including quiniodoform, chloroiodoquinoline, diiodioquinoline, etc. These drugs play an anti amoeba role by inhibiting intestinal symbiotic bacteria, and are effective for amebic dysentery, but have no effect on extraintestinal amoeba protozoa. In recent years, it has been reported abroad that this kind of drug can cause subacute spinal optic neuropathy, so this drug has been banned in Japan and the United States