Ethambutol

Synonyms

1-Butanol, 2,2'-(1,2-ethanediyldiimino)bis-, (S-(R*,R*))-

Dexambutol

EMB Fatol

EMB Hefa

EMB-Fatol

EMB-Hefa

Etambutol Llorente

Ethambutol Hydrochloride

Etibi

Hydrochloride, Ethambutol

Llorente, Etambutol

Miambutol

Myambutol

An antitubercular agent that inhibits the transfer of mycolic acids into the cell wall of the tubercle bacillus. It may also inhibit the synthesis of spermidine in mycobacteria. The action is usually bactericidal, and the drug can penetrate human cell membranes to exert its lethal effect. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, p863)