tilorone tilorone tilorone (trade names amixin, lavomax and others) is the first recognized synthetic, small molecular weight compound that is an orally active interferon inducer. it is used as an antiviral drug in some countries which do not require double-blind placebo-controlled studies, including russia. it is effective against ebola virus in mice. tiloroneclinical dataahfs/drugs.cominternational drug namesroutes ofadministrationby mouth (tablets)atc codej05ax19 (who) pharmacokinetic databioavailability60%protein binding~80%metabolismnilelimination half-life48 hoursexcretionfeces (70%), urine (9%)identifiers iupac name 2,7-bis(2-diethylaminoethoxy)fluoren-9-one cas number27591-97-5 ypubchem cid5475chemspider5276 nuniio6w7vew6kskeggd06149 nchebichebi:147347chemblchembl47298 ncomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid1045958 chemical and physical dataformulac25h34n2o3molar mass410.558 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles ccn(cc)ccoc1ccc-2c(c1)c(=o)c3c2ccc(c3)occn(cc)cc inchi inchi=1s/c25h34n2o3/c1-5-26(6-2)13-15-29-19-9-11-21-22-12-10-20(30-16-14-27(7-3)8-4)18-24(22)25(28)23(21)17-19/h9-12,17-18h,5-8,13-16h2,1-4h3 nkey:mpmfcabzencrhv-uhfffaoysa-n n ny (what is this?) (verify) pharmacology tilorone activates the production of interferon.