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Quinine

An alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. It is used as an antimalarial drug, and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that have been used for that purpose since before 1633. Quinine is also a mild antipyretic and analgesic and has been used in...
Approved
Matched Description: … The mechanisms of its antimalarial effects are not well understood. ... It is used as an antimalarial drug, and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that have …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials ... Antimalarial methanolquinolines …

Piperaquine

Piperaquine is an antimalarial agent first synthesized in the 1960's and used throughout China . Its use declined in the 1980's as piperaquine resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum appeared and artemisinin derivatives became available. It has come back into use in combination with the artemisinin derivative DB11638 as part of...
Approved
Experimental
Investigational
Matched Description: … Piperaquine is an antimalarial agent first synthesized in the 1960's and used throughout China [A31550 …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Quinidine

Quinidine is a D-isomer of quinine present in the bark of the Cinchona tree and similar plant species. This alkaloid was first described in 1848 and has a long history as an antiarrhythmic medication.[A38016,A250050] Quinidine is considered the first antiarrhythmic drug (class Ia) and is moderately efficacious in the acute...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Halofantrine

Halofantrine is an antimalarial. It belongs to the phenanthrene class of compounds that includes quinine and lumefantrine. It appears to inhibit polymerisation of heme molecules (by the parasite enzyme "heme polymerase"), resulting in the parasite being poisoned by its own waste. Halofantrine has been shown to preferentially block open and...
Approved
Matched Description: … Halofantrine is an antimalarial. …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Proguanil

Proguanil is a prophylactic antimalarial drug, which works by stopping the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, from reproducing once it is in the red blood cells. It does this by inhibiting the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase, which is involved in the reproduction of the parasite.
Approved
Matched Description: … Proguanil is a prophylactic antimalarial drug, which works by stopping the malaria parasite, _Plasmodium …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Artemether

Artemether is an antimalarial agent used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. It is administered in combination with lumefantrine for improved efficacy. This combination therapy exerts its effects against the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium spp. and may be used to treat infections caused by P. falciparum and unidentified Plasmodium species, including...
Approved
Matched Description: … Artemether is an antimalarial agent used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Mefloquine

Malaria is a protozoan disease that places an enormous burden on human health in endemic areas around the world. The 2020 World Health Organization malaria report indicates a 60% decrease in the global malaria fatality rate between 2000 to 2019. Despite this, malaria remains a significant cause of morbidity and...
Approved
Investigational
Matched Description: … [L30623] Mefloquine, commonly known as Lariam, is an antimalarial drug used for the prevention and …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials ... Antimalarial methanolquinolines …

Methylene blue

Methylene blue is an oxidation-reduction agent. The intravenous form of methylene blue is approved by the FDA for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with acquired methemoglobinemia. Historically, it has been widely used in Africa to treat malaria, but now it disappeared when chloroquine (CQ) and other drugs entered...
Approved
Investigational

Primaquine

An aminoquinoline that is given by mouth to produce a radical cure and prevent relapse of vivax and ovale malarias following treatment with a blood schizontocide. It has also been used to prevent transmission of falciparum malaria by those returning to areas where there is a potential for re-introduction of...
Approved
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Lumefantrine

Lumefantrine is an antimalarial agent used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. It is administered in combination with artemether for improved efficacy. This combination therapy exerts its effects against the erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium spp. and may be used to treat infections caused by P. falciparum and unidentified Plasmodium species, including...
Approved
Matched Description: … Lumefantrine is an antimalarial agent used to treat acute uncomplicated malaria. …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Pyrimethamine

One of the folic acid antagonists that is used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis.
Approved
Investigational
Vet approved
Matched Description: … One of the folic acid antagonists that is used as an antimalarial or with a sulfonamide to treat toxoplasmosis …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials ... Antimalarial diaminopyrimidines …

Atovaquone

Atovaquone is a hydroxynaphthoquinone, or an analog of ubiquinone, that has antimicrobial and antipneumocystis activity. It is being used in antimalarial protocols.
Approved
Matched Description: … It is being used in antimalarial protocols. …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Amodiaquine

A 4-aminoquinoquinoline compound with anti-inflammatory properties.
Approved
Investigational
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …

Artenimol

Artenimol is an artemisinin derivative and antimalarial agent used in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections [FDA Label]. It was first authorized for market by the European Medicines Agency in October 2011 in combination with DB13941 as the product Eurartesim. Artemisinin combination therapy is highly effective against malaria and...
Approved
Experimental
Investigational
Matched Description: … Artenimol is an artemisinin derivative and antimalarial agent used in the treatment of uncomplicated …
Matched Categories: … Antimalarials …
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