Chlorhexidine
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Scientific Name
Chlorhexidine
Description of the Drug
Chlorhexidine is an antiseptic used to sterilize for surgeries and in healthcare practice, to reduce pocket depth in periodontitis, and to treat gingivitis.
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Brand Name(s)
Not Available
Company Owner(s)
Matrix Medical Corp, Ecolab Inc, Lyne Laboratories Inc, Becton Dickinson Surgical System, Kw Griffen Co, Akorn Operating Co Llc, Wockhardt Bio Ag, Sunstar Americas Inc, Molnlycke Health Care, Carefusion 2200 Inc
Mechanism(s) Of Action
| Target Name | Target Type | Action Type | Target ChEMBL ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cell membrane | SUBCELLULAR | INHIBITOR | CHEMBL2364031 |
Clinical Trial(s)
Unichem Links
| SureChEMBL | SCHEMBL23671985 | SCHEMBL3984 | SCHEMBL21496944 | ||||||||||
| PharmGKB | PA164776863 | ||||||||||||
| Human Metabolome Database | HMDB0015016 | ||||||||||||
| DrugBank | DB00878 | ||||||||||||
| PubChem: Thomson Pharma | 14884555 | ||||||||||||
| PubChem | 9552079 | 2713 | 5353524 | 5360566 | 88536661 | ||||||||
| Mcule | MCULE-4644073142 | ||||||||||||
| NMRShiftDB | 70016962 | ||||||||||||
| LINCS | LSM-5633 | ||||||||||||
| Nikkaji | J4.561F | ||||||||||||
| PDBe | XC9 | ||||||||||||
| BindingDB | 64773 | 51937 | 50170723 | 152706 | |||||||||
| EPA CompTox Dashboard | DTXSID2033314 | ||||||||||||
| DrugCentral | 597 | ||||||||||||
| Brenda | 20680 | 62335 | 90365 | ||||||||||
| ChemicalBook | CB4732251 | CB2771984 | |||||||||||
| rxnorm | PERIOCHIP | AVAGARD | EXIDINE | PAROEX | HIBISTAT | HIBICLENS | PERIOGARD | DYNA-HEX | CHLORAPREP | CHLORHEXIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE | CHLORHEXIDINE | PERIDEX | CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE |
| KEGG Ligand | C06902 | ||||||||||||
| ChEBI | 3614 | ||||||||||||
| ZINC | ZINC000014768621 |
