Emodepside is an anthelmintic drug that is effective against a number of gastrointestinalnematodes, is licensed for use in cats[1] and belongs to the class of drugs known as the octadepsipeptides,[2] a relatively new class of anthelmintic (research into these compounds began in the early 1990s),[3] which are suspected to achieve their anti-parasitic effect by a novel mechanism of action due to their ability to kill nematodes resistant to other anthelmintics.[4]
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^Harder A, Schmitt-Wrede HP, Krücken J, Marinovski P, Wunderlich F, Willson J, et al. (September 2003). "Cyclooctadepsipeptides--an anthelmintically active class of compounds exhibiting a novel mode of action". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 22 (3): 318–331. doi:10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00219-X. PMID13678839.