Svensk definition
Ett kemoterapimedel som används mot erytrocytformer av malariaparasiter. Medlet tycks ansamlas i protozoernas födovakuoler och blockerar hempolymeras hos plasmodierna.
Hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxiklorokin
Engelsk definition
A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970)
Svenska synonymer
Plaquenil — Hydroxiklorokinsulfat
Engelska synonymer
Oxychlorochin — Oxychloroquine — Hydroxychlorochin — Plaquenil — Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate — Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate (1:1) Salt