Halofantrine
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halofantrine-246-5670306
title:
Halofantrine
text:
Halofantrine is a drug used to treat malaria. Halofantrine's structure contains a substituted phenanthrene, and is related to the antimalarial drugs quinine and lumefantrine. Marketed as Halfan, halofantrine is never used to prevent malaria and its mode of action is unknown, although a crystallographic study showed that it binds to hematin in vitro, suggesting a possible mechanism of action. Halofantrine has also been shown to bind to plasmepsin, a haemoglobin degrading enzyme unique to the mala
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description:
Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halofantrine
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date modified:
2024-03-09T21:39:44Z
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