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Hexachlorophene

六氯酚

Mechanism of action:

Hexachlorophene 是一種雙酚類(bisphenol)化合物。Hexachlorophene 具有高度親脂性,可嵌入細菌的細胞膜脂質雙層,改變膜的結構與通透性,導致細胞內重要離子與小分子外漏。在較高濃度下,hexachlorophene 可抑制細菌的氧化磷酸化反應,降低 ATP 生成,使細菌無法維持基本代謝活動。

​Reference(s):

1. IARC. (1979). Hexachlorophene. IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risk Chem Hum. 


2. Tyrala EE et al. (1977). Clinical pharmacology of hexachlorophene in newborn infants. J Pediatr. 


3. Zheng Y et al. (2012). Hexachlorophene is a potent KCNQ1/KCNE1 potassium channel activator which rescues LQTs mutants. PLoS One.

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