The molecule is the dihydrchloride salt of ethambutol. A bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug, it is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and some other mycobacteria. It is used in combination with other antituberculous drugs in the treatment of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis; resistant strains of M. tuberculosis are readily produced if ethambutol dihydrochloride is used alone. It has a role as an antitubercular agent. It contains an ethambutol.
[(2S)-1-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-[2-[[(2S)-1-hydroxybutan-2-yl]azaniumyl]ethyl]azanium;dichloride