tromantadine
Sign in to saveTromantadine is an antiviral medicine used to treat herpes simplex virus. It is available in a topical gel under trade names Viru-Merz and Viru-Merz Serol. Its performance is similar to aciclovir.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H28N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 280.41 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-(1-adamantyl)-2-[2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]acetamide
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Research
54 papers- Tromantadine: inhibitor of early and late events in herpes simplex virus replication.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 1982
- Tromantadine inhibits a late step in herpes simplex virus type 1 replication and syncytium formation.Antiviral research · 1990
- The metabolism of tromantadine.Biomedical mass spectrometry · 1985
- [Contact allergy to tromantadine].Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt. Occupation and environment · 1984
- Contact balanitis to tromantadine.Clinical and experimental dermatology · 2016
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Article
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Tromantadine is an antiviral medicine used to treat herpes simplex virus. It is available in a topical gel under trade names Viru-Merz and Viru-Merz Serol. Its performance is similar to aciclovir.
Like rimantadine, amantadine, and adapromine, tromantadine is a derivative of adamantane.