ʻO Niclosamide kahi eelicide (Iampricide) a me kahi molluscicide (molluscicide). ʻO ia ka salicylamide derivative. ʻO kāna hana anti-insect ka mea e kāohi ai i ke kaʻina phosphorylation oxidative o ka mitochondria i loko o nā cell somatic o nā ilo, e hoʻemi i ka hana ʻana o ka ikehu ATP, e hōʻemi i ke poʻo a me nā nodes pili o nā tapeworms, a hāʻule nā ilo mai ka pā o ka ʻōpū me ka excretion. ʻAʻole maikaʻi i nā hua. He mea maʻalahi ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia e ka protease i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā hua, ka mea e loaʻa ai ka cysticercosis. Hiki iā ia ke pepehi i nā snails a me Schistosoma japonicum cercaria. Hiki iā ia ke pepehi i nā ʻano snails, pipi tapeworm (Taenia saginata), puaʻa tapeworm (Taeniasolium), iʻa tapeworm diphyllobothrium latifolia, hymenolium brevichymenium, a me Cercariae. Ma ka mahiʻai, hoʻohana nui ʻia ia e pepehi i nā snails ma nā māla raiki (ʻike pū ʻia ʻo nā ʻōmole nui, nā ʻāpala, English Pomacea canaliculata). I ka manawa like, i ka hoʻomalu olakino lehulehu, hoʻohana ʻia ia e pepehi i nā snails (intermediate host of schistosomiasis). Hiki i ka Clonitsamide ke hana i nā loli metabolic wikiwiki i ka wai, a ʻaʻole lōʻihi ka manawa hana.