Diuretics mercury-containing treatment

Diuretic drug preparations have promoted urine formation. They are derivatives of mercury propanol RCH2CH(OH)CH2HgX, where R is a polar hydrophilic group. The mercury diuretic preparations act as ferment inhibitors (latter containing-. They also inhibit adenosine triphosphate (ATP). These properties led to the use of mercury drug compounds in the treatment of bacterial infections. In these cases, they interacted with -SH groups of the bacteria proteins. 

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