Diuretics mercurial complexes

Antibacterial complexes such as silver sulfadiazene and some mercurials also manifest antiviral activity [51, 52]. Mersalyl, a diuretic (Chapter 12), has some in vivo action when mice treated with lethal doses of coxsackie virus are then administered the mercury complex [53]. The levels needed for 100% inactivation in vitro by mercurials is dependent on the virus, and thiols reverse the antiviral effect [54]. Conformational changes and breakdown into subunits have also been observed after mercury treatment [51],... 

Miscellaneous biological effects of well-defined metal complexes include nitroprusside as vasodilator, neuromuscular blocking by large metal cations, and diuretic effects of mercury complexes. Their mechanisms of action all involve complicated inhibition of enzymes. 

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