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... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring > Acridines > Aminoacridines > Quinacrine

Preferred term

Quinacrine  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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  • An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years.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

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Entry terms

  • 130-42-7 (mono-HCl)
  • 130-43-8 (monomesylate)
  • 139345-02-1 ((S)-isomer)
  • 139345-03-2 ((R)-isomer)
  • 1,4-Pentanediamine, N4-(6-chloro-2-methoxy-9-acridinyl)-N1,N1-diethyl-
  • 316-05-2 (dimesylate)
  • 56100-41-5 ((S)-isomer, di-HCl)
  • 56100-42-6 ((R)-isomer, di-HCl)
  • 6151-30-0 (di-HCl, di-H2O)
  • 66777-81-9 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 69-05-6 (di-HCl)
  • 78901-94-7 (monoacetate)
  • 83-89-6 (Quinacrine)
  • Atebrin
  • G6242H2NAA
  • H0C805XYDE
  • Mepacrine

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Mépacrine

    French

  • 1,4-Pentanediamine, N4-(6-chloro-2-methoxy-9-acridinyl)-N1,N1-diethyl-
  • 130-42-7 (mono-HCl)
  • 130-43-8 (monomesylate)
  • 139345-02-1 ((S)-isomer)
  • 139345-03-2 ((R)-isomer)
  • 316-05-2 (dimesylate)
  • 56100-41-5 ((S)-isomer, di-HCl)
  • 56100-42-6 ((R)-isomer, di-HCl)
  • 6151-30-0 (di-HCl, di-H2O)
  • 66777-81-9 ((+-)-isomer)
  • 69-05-6 (di-HCl)
  • 78901-94-7 (monoacetate)
  • 83-89-6 (Quinacrine)
  • G6242H2NAA
  • H0C805XYDE

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F5871PQ0-0

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