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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Hydroxychloroquine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Hidroxicloroquina
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Hidroxicloroquina
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Synonyms English:
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Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate (1:1) Salt
Plaquenil
Hydroxychlorochin
Oxychlorochin
Oxychloroquine
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Tree Number:
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D03.633.100.810.050.180.350
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Definition English:
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A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970) |
Pharmacological Action:
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Antimalarials
Antirheumatic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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7045
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Unique Identifier:
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D006886
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