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Descriptor English: Chloroquine
Descriptor Spanish: Cloroquina
Descriptor cloroquina
Scope note: Prototipo de agente antimalárico que tiene un mecanismo de acción aun no bien conocido. Asimismo, se ha utilizado para tratar la artritis reumatoide, el lupus eritematoso sistémico, y como terapia sistémica de los abcesos amebianos del hígado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cloroquina
Descriptor French: Chloroquine
Entry term(s): Aralen
Arechine
Arequin
Chingamin
Chlorochin
Chloroquine Sulfate
Chloroquine Sulphate
Khingamin
Nivaquine
Sulfate, Chloroquine
Sulphate, Chloroquine
Tree number(s): D03.633.100.810.050.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002738
Scope note: The prototypical antimalarial agent with a mechanism that is not well understood. It has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and in the systemic therapy of amebic liver abscesses.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Amebicides
Antimalarials
Antirheumatic Agents
Registry Number: 886U3H6UFF
CAS Type 1 Name: 1,4-Pentanediamine, N4-(7-chloro-4-quinolinyl)-N1,N1-diethyl-
DeCS ID: 2789
Unique ID: D002738
NLM Classification: QV 256
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/28
Chloroquine - Preferred
Concept UI M0004182
Scope note The prototypical antimalarial agent with a mechanism that is not well understood. It has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and in the systemic therapy of amebic liver abscesses.
Preferred term Chloroquine
Entry term(s) Chingamin
Chlorochin
Khingamin
Nivaquine - Narrower
Concept UI M0004183
Preferred term Nivaquine
Chloroquine Sulfate - Narrower
Concept UI M0353850
Preferred term Chloroquine Sulfate
Entry term(s) Chloroquine Sulphate
Sulfate, Chloroquine
Sulphate, Chloroquine
Aralen - Narrower
Concept UI M0004184
Preferred term Aralen
Arequin - Narrower
Concept UI M0004181
Preferred term Arequin
Entry term(s) Arechine



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