sitamaquine

English

Etymology

From -quine (“quinoline derivative”).

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Noun

sitamaquine (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A particular aminoquinoline that may be a antileishmanial drug
   • 2015 August 14, “Antiprotozoal Activity Profiling of Approved Drugs: A Starting Point toward Drug Repositioning”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Apart from amphotericin B and sitamaquine that can be considered as control drugs in this screening, clofazimine was the only compound exhibiting activity in the Leishmania donovani intracellular assay as well as an acceptable level of selectivity (SI ~10) (Table 3, S4 Fig ).