chloroxine chloroxine chloroxine (trade name capitrol; kloroxin, dichlorchinolinol, chlorquinol, halquinol(s)); latin cloroxinum, dichlorchinolinolum) is an antibacterial drug. oral formulations (under trade name such as endiaron) are used in infectious diarrhea, disorders of the intestinal microflora (e.g. after antibiotic treatment), giardiasis, inflammatory bowel disease. it is also useful for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis., as used in shampoos (capitrol) and dermal creams like (valpeda, triaderm). chloroxineclinical datatrade namescapitrolother namescloroxinum, kloroxin, chlorquinol, dichlorchinolinolum, halquinol(s)ahfs/drugs.commicromedex detailed consumer informationatc codenonelegal statuslegal status us: ℞-only identifierscas number773-76-2pubchem cid2722chemspider2621unii2i8bd50i8bchemblchembl1200596comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid5022801 echa infocard100.011.144 chemical and physical dataformulac9h5cl2nomolar mass214.05 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles clc1c(o)c2ncccc2c(cl)c1 inchi inchi=1s/c9h5cl2no/c10-6-4-7(11)9(13)8-5(6)2-1-3-12-8/h1-4,13hkey:wdfkmlrrrcgaks-uhfffaoysa-n not to be confused with chloroquine. mechanism of action chloroxine has bacteriostatic, fungistatic, and antiprotozoal properties. it is effective against streptococci, staphylococci, candida, candida albicans, shigella, and trichomonads. adverse effects rarely occurs, but may cause nausea and vomiting associated with oral administration. it may also cause skin irritation. pregnancy and lactation the fda lists chloroxine in pregnancy category c (risk cannot be ruled out) because no pregnancy studies on the medication have been performed with animals or humans. for this reason, use of chloroxine oral or topical during pregnancy or when breast-feeding is not recommended. history chloroxine was first prepared in 1888 by a. hebebrand.