alexidine
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| ImageFile = Alexidine structure.svg
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| PIN = N1,N1′-(Hexane-1,6-diyl)bis[N3-(2-ethylhexyl)imidodicarbonic diamide]
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| CASNo = 22573-93-9
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| UNII = GVN71CAL3G
| EINECS = 245-096-7
| PubChem = 2090
| ChemSpiderID = 2006
| SMILES = CCCCC(C/N=C(/N=C(\NCCCCCCN/C(=N\C(=N\CC(CCCC)CC)\N)/N)/N)\N)CC
| InChI = 1/C26H56N10/c1-5-9-15-21(7-3)19-33-25(29)35-23(27)31-17-13-11-12-14-18-32-24(28)36-26(30)34-20-22(8-4)16-10-6-2/h21-22H,5-20H2,1-4H3,(H5,27,29,31,33,35)(H5,28,30,32,34,36)
| InChIKey = LFVVNPBBFUSSHL-UHFFFAOYAY
| StdInChI = 1S/C26H56N10/c1-5-9-15-21(7-3)19-33-25(29)35-23(27)31-17-13-11-12-14-18-32-24(28)36-26(30)34-20-22(8-4)16-10-6-2/h21-22H,5-20H2,1-4H3,(H5,27,29,31,33,35)(H5,28,30,32,34,36)
| StdInChIKey = LFVVNPBBFUSSHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| ChEMBL = 1195210
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| ChEBI = CHEBI:53661
| KEGG = D02804
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| C=26 | H=56 | N=10
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Alexidine is an antimicrobial of the biguanide class.{{cite journal | pmid= 24139264 | title = Antimicrobial substantivity of alexidine and chlorhexidine in dentin | doi=10.1016/j.joen.2013.07.038 | volume=39 | issue=11 | date=November 2013 | journal=J Endod | pages=1413–5| last1 = Barrios | first1 = Rocío | last2 = Ferrer-Luque | first2 = Carmen María | last3 = Arias-Moliz | first3 = María Teresa | last4 = Ruiz-Linares | first4 = Matilde | last5 = Bravo | first5 = Manuel | last6 = Baca | first6 = Pilar }} More specifically, it is a bisbiguanide.{{cite journal |vauthors=Tanzer JM, Slee AM, Kamay BA |title=Structural requirements of guanide, biguanide, and bisbiguanide agents for antiplaque activity |journal=Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=721–9 |year=1977 |pmid=931371 |url= |doi= 10.1128/aac.12.6.721|pmc=430011}}