Niclosamide waa eelicide (Iampricide) iyo molluscicide (molluscicide).Waa salicylamide devative.Nidaamkeeda ka-hortagga cayayaanka ayaa ah in la joojiyo habka fosfooraska oksaydhka ee mitochondria ee unugyada somatic ee gooryaanka, hoos u dhigista wax soo saarka tamarta ATP, ka sii dareysa madaxa iyo qanjidhada ku dhow ee gooryaanka, iyo gooryaanku waxay ka soo dhacaan derbiga mindhicirka iyagoo soo baxaya.Waxtar kuma laha ukunta.Kiniinka guntinta dhimashadu waa ay fududahay in la dheefshiido oo uu burburiyo protease ku jira daloolka mindhicirka, sii daaya ukunta, kaas oo leh khatarta ah inuu keeno cysticercosis.Waxa kale oo ay dili kartaa snails iyo Schistosoma japonicum cercaria.Waxay dili kartaa noocyo badan oo snails, tapeworm lo'da (Taenia saginata), tapeworm doofaarka (Taeniasolium), kalluunka tapeworm diphyllobothrium latifolia, hymenolium brevichymenium, iyo Cercariae.Beeraha, waxaa inta badan loo isticmaalaa in lagu dilo snails beeraha bariiska (sidoo kale loo yaqaan snails dhalo waaweyn, snails tufaax, English Pomacea canaliculata).Isla mar ahaantaana, xakamaynta caafimaadka dadweynaha, waxaa loo isticmaalaa in lagu dilo snails ( martigeliyaha dhexe ee schistosomiasis).Clonitsamide waxay soo saari kartaa isbeddellada dheef-shiid kiimikaadka degdega ah ee biyaha, iyo wakhtiga ficilku ma dheera.