amebiasis

Paromomycin binds specifically to the RNA oligonucleotide at the A site of bacterial 30S ribosomes, thereby causing misreading and premature termination of translation of mRNA and inhibition of protein synthesis followed by cell death. Paromomycin Sulfate (Aminosidine sulfate) is the sulfate salt form of paromomycin, a structural derivative of neomycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic with amebicidal and bactericidal effects against predominantly aerobic gram-negative bacteria.

Glaucarubin is a bitter lactone naturally found in the fruits of Simaruba glauca. It is employed as an anti-amebic agent in research focused on amebiasis. The compound exhibits good tolerability, with a median lethal dose (LD50) of 1,600 mg/kg in mice and 6,400 mg/kg in rats.