Table 1.

Some benzimidazole-based drugs along with their trade names, classified according to their status by the World Health Organisation (WHO), biological target for the initial therapeutic indication, and cost per single dose.

	Mebendazole	Albendazole	Triclabendazole	Omeprazole	Bendamustine
Trade Name	Vermox®	Albenza®	Egaten®	Losec®	Treanda®
WHO Ess. Med.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Target	Parasitic worms	Parasitic worms	Parasitic worms	PPI	Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma [7].
Anticancer Potential	CBCIs, kinase inh [8]. (colon, lung, adrenocortical, breast cancer) [9]	Modulation of oxidative stress, induction of DNA damage [10]. (colorectal, hepatoc. carcinoma)	Abcg2 inh [11].	FASN thioesterase activity inh. [12], colon cancer [13].
Cost (USD)/Dose	0.04–0.004	0.06		0.01–0.06	0.06