Concept information
Preferred term
Quinacrine
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Atebrin
- Mepacrine
Scope note
- An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years.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.
History note
- CHINACRIN was see QUINACRINE 1977-93
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011796
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