acedoben

Acedoben (also known as 4-acetamidobenzoic acid) is a benzoic acid derivative and a metabolite of benzocaine. It is primarily used as a component of the immunomodulatory drug inosine pranobex (inosine acedoben dimepranol), which is indicated for the treatment of mucocutaneous infections due to herpes simplex virus types 1 and/or II. It also serves as adjunctive therapy for genital warts in combination with podophyllin or carbon dioxide laser and is used in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Acedoben itself acts as an immunomodulator when part of this combination; it does not have direct antiviral activity but contributes to immune system modulation[1][2][3][4].

Other names

4-acetamidobenzoic acid4-(acetylamino)benzoic acid4-acetylaminobenzoic acid4-carboxyacetanilideacedobeneacedobenumN-acetyl-p-aminobenzoic acidN-acetyl-PABAp-acetamidobenzoic acidp-acetoaminobenzoic acidp-acetylaminobenzoic acidPAABpara acetamido benzoic acid