Table 6.
Major ionophores used for the prevention of coccidiosis in chicken

Type of the ionophore	Name of the ionophore and molecular formula	Produced organism	Associated metal ions	References
Monovalent ionophores	Salinomycin (C₄₂H₇₀O₁₁)	Streptomyces albus	K⁺, Na⁺, Cs⁺	Antoszczak et al. (2019), Noack et al. (2019)
	Monensin (C₃₆H₆₂O₁₁)	Streptomyces cinnamonensis	Na⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Cs⁺, Li⁺	Liu and Hermann (1978), Rutkowski and Brzezinski (2013)
	Narasin (C₄₃H₇₂O₁₁)	Streptomyces aureofaciens	K⁺, Na⁺	Jeffers et al. (1988)
Divalent ionophores	Lasalocid (C₃₄H₅₄O₈)	Streptomyces lasaliensis	Ba⁺², Sr⁺², Ca⁺², Mg⁺²	Rutkowski and Brzezinski (2013)
Divalent ionophores	Ionomycin (C₄₁H₇₀CaO₉)	Streptomyces conglobatus	Ca⁺², Mg⁺², Ba⁺², Sr⁺²	Liu and Hermann (1978), Antoszczak et al. (2019)
Monovalent glycosidic ionophores	Maduramicin (C₄₇H₈₀O₁₇)	Actinomadura yumaensis	Na⁺, Mg⁺²	Liu et al. (1983), Gutiérrez et al. (1999), Maron et al. (2016), Noack et al. (2019)
Monovalent glycosidic ionophores	Semduramicin (C₄₅H₇₆O₁₆)	Actinomadura roserufa	Na⁺, Ca⁺²	Dirlam et al. (1992), Rychen et al. (2018)