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Status:
US Approved Rx (1939)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



QUALAQUIN (quinine sulfate) is an antimalarial drug indicated only for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It’s an alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1939)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



QUALAQUIN (quinine sulfate) is an antimalarial drug indicated only for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It’s an alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1939)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



QUALAQUIN (quinine sulfate) is an antimalarial drug indicated only for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. It’s an alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2010)
First marketed in 1921

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Quinidine is a pharmaceutical agent that acts as a class I antiarrhythmic agent (Ia) in the heart. It is a stereoisomer of quinine, originally derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. The drug causes increased action potential duration, as well as...
Status:
Investigational

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Artefenomel, a novel trioxolane, is a lead candidate for inclusion in a new antimalarial combination, specifically formulated for children. Artefenomel has been demonstrated curative in as little as one dose.
Fucosterol (24-ethylidene cholesterol) is a sterol that can be isolated from algae, seaweed and diatoms. Fucosterol exhibits various biological therapeutics, including anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antihyperlipidemic, antif...
Fucosterol (24-ethylidene cholesterol) is a sterol that can be isolated from algae, seaweed and diatoms. Fucosterol exhibits various biological therapeutics, including anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antihyperlipidemic, antif...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1992

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (UNKNOWN)



Halofantrine is a blood schizonticidal antimalarial agent with no apparent action on the sporozoite, gametocyte or hepatic stages of the infection. It is used only to treat but not to prevent malaria. Has been marketed by GlaxoSmithKline as HALFAN (h...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1992

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Halofantrine is a blood schizonticidal antimalarial agent with no apparent action on the sporozoite, gametocyte or hepatic stages of the infection. It is used only to treat but not to prevent malaria. Has been marketed by GlaxoSmithKline as HALFAN (h...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1981

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Sulfadoxine is an antimalarial agent which, together with pyrimethamine, composes an FDA-approved drug, Fansidar. Sulfadoxine acts by inhibiting dihydropteroate synthase; it crosses the blood-brain barrier and achieves 30% to 60% of the plasma concen...