Anthelmintics

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Anthelmintics are gents destructive to parasitic worms. They are used therapeutically in the treatment of helmintiasis in both humans and animals.

List of antihelminthic drugs[edit | edit source]

  • Male fern - fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
  • Mebendazole - an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations
  • Piperazine - vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms
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