Ett akridinderivat som förr i stor utsträckning användes som malariamedel, men som under senare år ersatts av klorokin. Det har även använts mot parasitmaskar och för behandling av giardiasis. Det används i experimentell cellbiologi som fosfolipas A2-hämmare.
An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years. It has also been used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of giardiasis and malignant effusions. It is used in cell biological experiments as an inhibitor of phospholipase A2.
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Atebrin — Mepacrine — Acrichine — Quinacrine Monohydrochloride — Monohydrochloride, Quinacrine — Quinacrine Hydrochloride — Hydrochloride, Quinacrine — Atabrine — Quinacrine Dimesylate — Dimesylate, Quinacrine — Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (S)-Isomer — Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (R)-Isomer — Quinacrine Dihydrochloride, Dihydrate — Quinacrine, (+-)-Isomer — Quinacrine Dihydrochloride — Dihydrochloride, Quinacrine — Quinacrine Monoacetate — Monoacetate, Quinacrine — Quinacrine, (R)-Isomer — Quinacrine Monomesylate — Monomesylate, Quinacrine — Quinacrine, (S)-Isomer