[The search for new antiparasitic agents. 8. The synthesis and study of the acute toxicity, anti-alveolar hydatid and antihymenolepiasis activity of 1-alkyl-4[4-(heterylamino)phenyl]piperazines]

The synthesis and the acute toxicity and anticestodal activity of l-alkyl-4-[-(heterylamino)phenyl]-piperazines are presented. These compounds were found to be able to suppress the growth of larvocysts of Echinococcus multilocularis in cotton rats when injected intraperitoneally in a single dose of 0.25 g/kg, close to capacity of mebendazole. The tested compounds were also highly effective against the adult stage of Hymenolepis nana. Experimentally infected mice given an oral single dose of 0.2-0.5 g/kg of the drug were radically cured.