Tromantadine

Tromantadine
Skeletal formula
Clinical data
Trade names Viru-Merz
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
Routes of
administration
Topical (gel)
ATC code D06BB02 (WHO) J05AC03 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
  • US: Not FDA-approved
  • OTC (RU)
Identifiers
CAS Number 53783-83-8 N
PubChem (CID) 64377
ChemSpider 57947 YesY
UNII H191JFG8WA YesY
KEGG D07199 YesY
NIAID ChemDB 007760
ECHA InfoCard 100.053.409
Chemical and physical data
Formula C16H28N2O2
Molar mass 280.406 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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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.

Mechanism

Tromantadine inhibits the early and late events in the virus replication cycle.[1] It changes the glycoproteins of the host cells, therefore impeding the absorption of the virus. It inhibits penetration of the virus. It also prevents uncoating of the virions.

References

  1. Rosenthal KS, Sokol MS, Ingram RL, Subramanian R, Fort RC (December 1982). "Tromantadine: inhibitor of early and late events in herpes simplex virus replication". Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 22 (6): 1031–6. doi:10.1128/aac.22.6.1031. PMC 185716Freely accessible. PMID 6297383.


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