Category
page 1Thioxanthones
4-isopropylthioxanthone
Isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) is used as a photoinitiator in printing.
lucanthone
Lucanthone (Miracil D, Myracyl D) is a drug used to treat parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis, which was invented in 1938 by Hans Mauss and colleagues at Bayer AG. It is a prodrug and is converted to the active metabolite hycanthone. It is no longer commonly used in humans due to hepatotoxicity, especially after the subsequent development of safer drugs with similar efficacy such as praziquantel.