1r 2r 3s 4r 6s 4 6 diamino 2 3 o 2 6 diamino 2 6 dideoxy beta l idopyranosyl beta d ribofuranosyl oxy 3 hydroxycyclohexyl 2 amino 2 deoxy alpha d glucopyranoside, aminosidin, aminosidine
For the treatment of acute and chronic intestinal amebiasis (it is not effective in extraintestinal amebiasis). Also for the management of hepatic coma as adjunctive therapy.