Quinacrine

Kinakrin

Svensk definition

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.

Engelsk definition

An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years.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.

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Atebrin Mepacrine Quinacrine, (S)-Isomer Quinacrine Dihydrochloride Dihydrochloride, Quinacrine Quinacrine Dihydrochloride, Dihydrate Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (R)-Isomer Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (S)-Isomer Atabrine Quinacrine Monoacetate Monoacetate, Quinacrine Quinacrine Monohydrochloride Monohydrochloride, Quinacrine Quinacrine Hydrochloride Hydrochloride, Quinacrine Quinacrine Monomesylate Monomesylate, Quinacrine Quinacrine, (+-)-Isomer Acrichine Quinacrine, (R)-Isomer Quinacrine Dimesylate Dimesylate, Quinacrine