Latest Drugs, Latest Approval in Antimalarial quinolines

What are Antimalarial quinolines?

Antimalarial quinolines are used to prevent and treat malaria. During the blood stages of the life cycle of malaria parasite the parasite needs to degrade hemoglobin. Hemoglobin digestion releases free heme that is toxic to the parasite, so it is then polymerised to non toxic hemozoin. Antimalarial quinolines are thought to interfere with this polymerisation and kills the malaria parasite by the accumulation of toxic free heme.

Name Updated
Chloroquine (Chloroquine [ klor-oh-kwin ]) 16-Aug-2023
Mefloquine (Mefloquine [ mef-loe-kwin ]) 13-Aug-2023
Tafenoquine (Tafenoquine [ ta-fen-o-kwin ]) 12-Aug-2023
Quinine (Quinine [ kwye-nine ]) 12-Aug-2023
Primaquine (Primaquine [ prim-a-kwin ]) 12-Aug-2023
Lariam (Mefloquine [ mef-loe-kwin ]) 05-Aug-2023
Aralen phosphate (Chloroquine [ klor-oh-kwin ]) 12-Jul-2023
Arakoda (Tafenoquine [ ta-fen-o-kwin ]) 12-Jul-2023
Qualaquin (Quinine [ kwye-nine ]) 11-Jul-2023
Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine [ hye-drox-ee-klor-oh-kwin ]) 11-Jul-2023
Hydroxychloroquine (Hydroxychloroquine [ hye-drox-ee-klor-oh-kwin ]) 10-Jul-2023