iodoquinol

CHEBI:5950 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A monohydroxyquinoline that is quinolin-8-ol in which the hydrogens at positions 5 and 7 are replaced by iodine. It is considered the drug of choice for treating asymptomatic or moderate forms of amoebiasis. — ChEBI

Machine-generated and unreviewed. Identity, structure and cross-references come straight from ChEBI's and CARD's own data; no curator has signed off on this record yet.

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

CHEBI:37142 CHEBI:37142
CHEBI:38775 CHEBI:38775

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties
Molecular formula	C9H5I2NO
Charge	0
Average mass	396.953 Da
Monoisotopic mass	396.84606 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	UXZFQZANDVDGMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Oc1c(I)cc(I)c2cccnc12

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H5I2NO/c10-6-4-7(11)9(13)8-5(6)2-1-3-12-8/h1-4,13H

Also called

Diamoebin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Diodoquine (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Diodoxylin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Diquinol (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Direxiode (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Dyodin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Embequin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Enterosept (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Floraquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Fluoraquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Ioquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Lanodoxin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Moebiquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Panaquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Quinadome (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Rafamebin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Searlequin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Sebaquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Yodoxin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
Zoaquin (BRAND_NAME)— chebi
diiodohidroxiquinoleína (INN)— chebi
diiodohydroxyquinoline (INN)— chebi
diiodohydroxyquinolinum (INN)— chebi
diiodohydroxyquinoléine (INN)— chebi
5,7-diiodoquinolin-8-ol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5,7-diiodo-8-hydroxyquinoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
5,7-diiodo-8-quinolinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
8-hydroxy-5,7-diiodoquinoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
Iodoquinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
SS 578 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
SS-578 (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
di-iodohydroxyquinoline (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
diiodohydroxyquin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
diiodoquin (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
diiodoquinol (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

cas:83-73-8
chemspider:3597
drugbank:DB09115
drugcentral:1457
kegg.compound:C07636
kegg.drug:D00581
lincs.smallmolecule:LSM-25652
reaxys:153639
wikipedia.en:Diiodohydroxyquinoline

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282
CHEBI:35820 CHEBI:35820

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record
Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	`CHEBI:5950`	iodoquinol	`antibioticmech:chebi-495e47b530`	2026-08-30

Curation history

SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories
RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources
Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

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