"Quinacrine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years.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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D011796
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MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.300.046.250.760
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2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quinacrine" by people in Profiles.
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Balasubramanian A, Teramoto T, Kulkarni AA, Bhattacharjee AK, Padmanabhan R. Antiviral activities of selected antimalarials against dengue virus type 2 and Zika virus. Antiviral Res. 2017 01; 137:141-150.
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Awumey EM, Hill SK, Diz DI, Bukoski RD. Cytochrome P-450 metabolites of 2-arachidonoylglycerol play a role in Ca2+-induced relaxation of rat mesenteric arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 May; 294(5):H2363-70.
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Lee ES, Soliman KF, Charlton CG. Lysophosphatidylcholine decreases locomotor activities and dopamine turnover rate in rats. Neurotoxicology. 2005 Jan; 26(1):27-38.
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Ford BD, Ivy MT, Mtshali CP, Townsel JG. The involvement of protein kinase C in the regulation of choline cotransport in Limulus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 1999 Jul; 123(3):255-61.