Twitter Google Share on Facebook arsphenamine Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia ars·phen·a·mine (ärs-fĕn′ə-mēn′) n. A drug formerly used to treat syphilis, yaws, and other spirochetal infections. [ars(enic)+phen(yl)+amine.] ...
Furthermore, its launch coincided with the discovery by Ehrlich and Hata of Salvarsan, a drug also known as 606. The different applications, reactions, and efficacy of this drug and its derivatives and successors, including Neosalvarsan (914) and sodium Salvarsan (1206), filled many pages ...