Salicylic acid

Salicylic acid is a chemical substance. It is an acid. It is the base ingredient for a drug called aspirin. It is also used as a food preservative, and to treat diseases of the skin, like acne or warts. It is also used in shampoos to treat dandruff (flaking skin on the head).

Salicylic acid

Antifungals (D01 and J02)

Wall/
membrane

Ergosterol
inhibitors

Azoles (lanosterol 14α-
demethylase inhibitors)

Imidazoles	Topical: bifonazole^‡ butoconazole chlormidazole^‡ climbazole clotrimazole^# croconazole^‡ eberconazole econazole fenticonazole^‡ flutrimazole isoconazole ketoconazole luliconazole miconazole^# neticonazole^‡ omoconazole^‡ oxiconazole sertaconazole sulconazole tioconazole Systemic: ketoconazole
Triazoles	Topical: efinaconazole fluconazole^# terconazole Systemic: itraconazole^# fluconazole^# fosfluconazole fosravuconazole hexaconazole^‡ isavuconazole oteseconazole posaconazole voriconazole^# Unknown: albaconazole^‡ ravuconazole^†
Thiazoles	Topical: abafungin^‡

Polyene antimycotics
(ergosterol binding)

Topical: hamycin^‡
natamycin
nystatin^#
Systemic: amphotericin B^#, hamycin^‡

Squalene monooxygenase
inhibitors

Allylamines	Topical: naftifine terbinafine Systemic: terbinafine
Benzylamines	Topical: butenafine

Others

Topical: amorolfine

β-glucan synthase
inhibitors

Systemic: echinocandins (anidulafungin
biafungin
caspofungin
cilofungin
micafungin)
ibrexafungerp

Intracellular

Pyrimidine analogues/ thymidylate synthase inhibitors	Systemic: flucytosine^#
Mitotic inhibitors	Systemic: griseofulvin^#
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase inhibitors	Topical: tavaborole

Others

potassium iodide^#
salicylic acid
selenium disulfide^#
lemon grass
bromochlorosalicylanilide
chlorophetanol
chlorphenesin
ciclopirox
crystal violet
dimazole
ethylparaben
haloprogin^‡
polynoxylin
sodium thiosulfate^#
sulbentine
taurolidine
ticlatone
tolciclate
tolnaftate
tribromometacresol
undecylenic acid
Whitfield's ointment^#

citronella oil
lemon myrtle
orange oil
patchouli
tea tree oil
PCP: atovaquone
dapsone
pentamidine

^#WHO-EM
^‡Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^†Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

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