Monalazone, used as monalazone disodium (INN ; the disodium salt) and sold under the brand names Naclobenz-Natrium, Spergisin, and Speton, is a vaginal disinfectant or antiseptic and spermicidal contraceptive.[1][2][3][4] It is a sulfonylbenzoic acid derivative and is closely related structurally to halazone.[2] The compound was synthesized in 1937.[1] A vaginal tablet combination of 0.125 mg estradiol benzoate and 10 mg monalazone was previously marketed under the brand name Malun 25.[5][3]
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Monalazone disodium is an antiseptic closely related structurally to halazone (see p.796) and is used as a vaginal disinfectant and spermicide. Proprietary Names Malun N. Sperlisin. Multi-ingredient preparations. Malun.
- ^ RÖMPP Lexikon Chemie. Vol. 10. Auflage, 1996–1999. Thieme. 16 July 2014. pp. 2000–2001. ISBN 978-3-13-200031-5.
- ^ Leidenberger FA (17 April 2013). Klinische Endokrinologie für Frauenärzte. Springer-Verlag. pp. 527–. ISBN 978-3-662-08110-5.
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