antimalarial drug

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antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

antimalarial

antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug - a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa

chloroquine - an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus

Larium, mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride, Mephaquine - an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people

primaquine - synthetic antimalarial drug

Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride - a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria

quinine - a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy

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Controversy has surrounded an antimalarial drug that has been in use for more than 30 years and has been associated with potentially severe psychological side-effects.

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Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is a leading product development partnership (PDP) in the field of antimalarial drug research and development.

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The sick college student is said to have taken an incomplete course of the antimalarial drug Quinine, which provided him with less protection than is usually prescribed for trips to certain African countries.

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This suggest the compounds evaluated were not presented the same mechanism that Chloroquine, and in addition their structures are different to Chloroquine, therefore they do not have the same efficiency as antimalarial drug. Also, is necessary to point out that even though Chloroquine and compound 2 showed a similar in vitro cytotoxicity, the results obtained for in vivo assays were contradictory, expressing the importance of in vivo evaluation on the research of new antimalarial drugs.

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Our focus now is on completing clinical trials for two promising new antimalarial drug candidates.

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The research team, with help from artificiallyintelligent robot Eve, has found triclosan - an antibacterial agent which stops plaque from building up on the teeth - could be used as an antimalarial drug.

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The antimalarial drug policy was formulated to promote rational use of antimalarial drugs in order to reduce the development of drug resistance.

The Cross-Sectional Evaluation of the Use of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy for Treatment of Malaria Infection at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria

Children under five years have been the target for antimalarial drug therapies over the years.

The Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in Malaria Therapy: A Stakeholder Approach to Improving Oral Quinine Use in the Treatment of Childhood Malaria in Ghana

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