Niclosamide shi ne eelicide (Iampricide) da molluscicide (molluscicide).Yana da tushen salicylamide.Tsarinsa na rigakafin kwari shine ya hana tsarin phosphorylation oxidative na mitochondria a cikin sel na tsutsotsi na somatic, rage samar da makamashin makamashi ATP, lalata kai da nodes na kusa da tsutsotsi, kuma tsutsotsi suna fadowa daga bangon hanji tare da fitarwa.Ba tasiri akan qwai.Kwamfutar kullin mutuwa yana da sauƙi a narkar da shi kuma ya lalace ta hanyar protease a cikin rami na hanji, sakin ƙwai, wanda ke da haɗarin haifar da cysticercosis.Hakanan yana iya kashe katantanwa da Schistosoma japonicum cercaria.Yana iya kashe nau'ikan katantanwa iri-iri, naman sa tapeworm (Taenia saginata), tapeworm na alade (Taeniasolium), kifi tapeworm diphyllobothrium latifolia, hymenolium brevichymenium, da Cercariae.A aikin noma, ana amfani da shi ne don kashe katantanwa a cikin gonakin shinkafa (wanda kuma aka sani da manyan katantanwa na kwalba, katantan apple, English Pomacea canaliculata).A lokaci guda kuma, a cikin kula da lafiyar jama'a, ana amfani da shi don kashe katantanwa (tsakiyar rundunar schistosomiasis).Clonitsamide na iya haifar da saurin canje-canje na rayuwa a cikin ruwa, kuma lokacin aikin bai daɗe ba.