Powder: -20°C for 3 years | In solvent: -80°C for 1 year
Eflornithine is an irreversible inhibitor that specifically targets the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase. It serves as a therapeutic medication for two conditions: the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and the management of excessive facial hair growth in women.
Description | Eflornithine is an irreversible inhibitor that specifically targets the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase. It serves as a therapeutic medication for two conditions: the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and the management of excessive facial hair growth in women. |
In vivo | Eflornithine is the only new molecule registered for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis over the last 50 years. It is the drug used mainly as a back-up for melarsoprol refractory Trypanosoma brucei gambiense cases[1]. In subjects with excessive, unwanted facial hair, eflornithine 15% cream is superior to placebo in reducing hair growth. After 24 weeks' treatment, 58% of eflornithine and 34% of placebo subjects have at least some improvement in facial hirsutism[2]. The hair growth inhibitory activity of eflornithine is significantly enhanced when the eflornithine cream is applied onto a mouse skin area pretreated with microneedles[3]. Treatment of coarctation hypertensive rats with eflornithine results in a normalization of the contractile intensity to KCI and norepinephrine and relaxations to acetylcholine by 14 days of hypertension[4]. |
Synonyms | RMI71782, α-difluoromethylornithine, DFMO, MDL71782 |
Molecular Weight | 182.17 |
Formula | C6H12F2N2O2 |
CAS No. | 70052-12-9 |
Powder: -20°C for 3 years | In solvent: -80°C for 1 year
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Eflornithine 70052-12-9 RMI-71782 RMI71782 α-difluoromethylornithine DFMO MDL-71782 a-difluoromethylornithine RMI 71782 MDL71782 alpha-difluoromethylornithine MDL 71782 inhibitor inhibit