Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Chloroquine

Index Chloroquine

Chloroquine is a medication used to prevent and to treat malaria in areas where malaria is known to be sensitive to its effects. [1]

85 relations: Adipose tissue, Adverse drug reaction, Agranulocytosis, Amoebiasis, Amoebic liver abscess, Ampicillin, Antacid, Antimalarial medication, Antiviral drug, Apicomplexan life cycle, Aplastic anemia, Artemether, Atovaquone, ATP-binding cassette transporter, Autoimmune disease, Bayer, Biocrystallization, Biomedicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central nervous system, Chemosensitizer, Chikungunya, Chloroquine retinopathy, Chlorphenamine, Ciclosporin, Cimetidine, Cycloplegia, Developing country, Enzyme, Epileptic seizure, Eye, Gastrointestinal tract, Gefitinib, Generic drug, Hans Andersag, Health system, Heme, Hemoglobin, Hemozoin, Henderson–Hasselbalch equation, History of malaria, HIV/AIDS, Imatinib, Immune system, In vitro, Interleukin-1 family, Itch, Lupus erythematosus, Lymphocyte, Lysosome, ..., Macrophage, Malaria, Management of HIV/AIDS, Mass drug administration, Mefloquine, Metronidazole, Neutropenia, Nitroimidazole, Ophthalmology, Pancytopenia, Parasitism, Phospholipase A2, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax, Quinine, Radiosensitizer, Reactive oxygen species, Red blood cell, Retina, Rheumatoid arthritis, SLC19A3, Tariquidar, Therapeutic index, Thiamine, Thrombocytopenia, Tinnitus, Verapamil, Visual impairment, Volume of distribution, WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, Xenopus, Zosuquidar, 4-Aminoquinoline. Expand index (35 more) »

Adipose tissue

In biology, adipose tissue, body fat, or simply fat is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.

New!!: Chloroquine and Adipose tissue · See more »

Adverse drug reaction

An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is an injury caused by taking a medication.

New!!: Chloroquine and Adverse drug reaction · See more »

Agranulocytosis

Agranulocytosis, also known as agranulosis or granulopenia, is an acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia (lowered white blood cell count), most commonly of neutrophils causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.

New!!: Chloroquine and Agranulocytosis · See more »

Amoebiasis

Amoebiasis, also known amoebic dysentery, is an infection caused by any of the amoebae of the Entamoeba group.

New!!: Chloroquine and Amoebiasis · See more »

Amoebic liver abscess

A amoebic liver abscess is a type of liver abscess caused by amebiasis.

New!!: Chloroquine and Amoebic liver abscess · See more »

Ampicillin

Ampicillin is an antibiotic used to prevent and treat a number of bacterial infections, such as respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, salmonellosis, and endocarditis.

New!!: Chloroquine and Ampicillin · See more »

Antacid

An antacid is a substance which neutralizes stomach acidity and is used to relieve heartburn, indigestion or an upset stomach.

New!!: Chloroquine and Antacid · See more »

Antimalarial medication

Antimalarial medications, also known as antimalarials, are designed to prevent or cure malaria.

New!!: Chloroquine and Antimalarial medication · See more »

Antiviral drug

Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used specifically for treating viral infections rather than bacterial ones.

New!!: Chloroquine and Antiviral drug · See more »

Apicomplexan life cycle

Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages evolved to allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle.

New!!: Chloroquine and Apicomplexan life cycle · See more »

Aplastic anemia

Aplastic anaemia is a rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged.

New!!: Chloroquine and Aplastic anemia · See more »

Artemether

Artemether is a medication used for the treatment of malaria.

New!!: Chloroquine and Artemether · See more »

Atovaquone

Atovaquone (alternative spelling: atavaquone) is a chemical compound that belongs to the class of naphthoquinones.

New!!: Chloroquine and Atovaquone · See more »

ATP-binding cassette transporter

ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters) are members of a transport system superfamily that is one of the largest and is possibly one of the oldest families with representatives in all extant phyla from prokaryotes to humans.

New!!: Chloroquine and ATP-binding cassette transporter · See more »

Autoimmune disease

An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a normal body part.

New!!: Chloroquine and Autoimmune disease · See more »

Bayer

Bayer AG is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company.

New!!: Chloroquine and Bayer · See more »

Biocrystallization

Biocrystallization is the formation of crystals from organic macromolecules by living organisms.

New!!: Chloroquine and Biocrystallization · See more »

Biomedicine

Biomedicine (i.e. medical biology) is a branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice.

New!!: Chloroquine and Biomedicine · See more »

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.

New!!: Chloroquine and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · See more »

Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

New!!: Chloroquine and Central nervous system · See more »

Chemosensitizer

A chemosensitizer is a drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy.

New!!: Chloroquine and Chemosensitizer · See more »

Chikungunya

Chikungunya is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV).

New!!: Chloroquine and Chikungunya · See more »

Chloroquine retinopathy

Chloroquine retinopathy, also known as Bull's eye maculopathy, is a retinopathy (damage of the retina) caused by the drugs chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, which are sometimes used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.

New!!: Chloroquine and Chloroquine retinopathy · See more »

Chlorphenamine

Chlorphenamine (also known as chlorpheniramine, CP, or CPM) is a first-generation antihistamine used in the prevention of the symptoms of allergic conditions such as rhinitis and urticaria.

New!!: Chloroquine and Chlorphenamine · See more »

Ciclosporin

Ciclosporin, also spelled cyclosporine and cyclosporin, is an immunosuppressant medication and natural product.

New!!: Chloroquine and Ciclosporin · See more »

Cimetidine

Cimetidine, sold under the brand name Tagamet among others, is a histamine H2 receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production.

New!!: Chloroquine and Cimetidine · See more »

Cycloplegia

Cycloplegia is paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation.

New!!: Chloroquine and Cycloplegia · See more »

Developing country

A developing country (or a low and middle income country (LMIC), less developed country, less economically developed country (LEDC), underdeveloped country) is a country with a less developed industrial base and a low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

New!!: Chloroquine and Developing country · See more »

Enzyme

Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts.

New!!: Chloroquine and Enzyme · See more »

Epileptic seizure

An epileptic seizure is a brief episode of signs or symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

New!!: Chloroquine and Epileptic seizure · See more »

Eye

Eyes are organs of the visual system.

New!!: Chloroquine and Eye · See more »

Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

New!!: Chloroquine and Gastrointestinal tract · See more »

Gefitinib

Gefitinib (ZD1839) (INN,, trade name Iressa) is a drug used for certain breast, lung and other cancers.

New!!: Chloroquine and Gefitinib · See more »

Generic drug

A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that is equivalent to a brand-name product in dosage, strength, route of administration, quality, performance, and intended use, but does not carry the brand name.

New!!: Chloroquine and Generic drug · See more »

Hans Andersag

Johann Andersag (better known as Hans Andersag) was a scientist born on February 16, 1902, in Lana (Meran), Italy, and died August 10, 1955, in Wuppertal, Germany, following bronchial cancer.

New!!: Chloroquine and Hans Andersag · See more »

Health system

A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or as healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.

New!!: Chloroquine and Health system · See more »

Heme

Heme or haem is a coordination complex "consisting of an iron ion coordinated to a porphyrin acting as a tetradentate ligand, and to one or two axial ligands." The definition is loose, and many depictions omit the axial ligands.

New!!: Chloroquine and Heme · See more »

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin (American) or haemoglobin (British); abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates.

New!!: Chloroquine and Hemoglobin · See more »

Hemozoin

Haemozoin is a disposal product formed from the digestion of blood by some blood-feeding parasites.

New!!: Chloroquine and Hemozoin · See more »

Henderson–Hasselbalch equation

In chemistry, the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation describes the derivation of pH as a measure of acidity (using, the negative log of the acid dissociation constant) in biological and chemical systems.

New!!: Chloroquine and Henderson–Hasselbalch equation · See more »

History of malaria

The history of malaria stretches from its prehistoric origin as a zoonotic disease in the primates of Africa through to the 21st century.

New!!: Chloroquine and History of malaria · See more »

HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

New!!: Chloroquine and HIV/AIDS · See more »

Imatinib

Imatinib, sold under the brand names Gleevec among others, is a medication used to treat cancer.

New!!: Chloroquine and Imatinib · See more »

Immune system

The immune system is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.

New!!: Chloroquine and Immune system · See more »

In vitro

In vitro (meaning: in the glass) studies are performed with microorganisms, cells, or biological molecules outside their normal biological context.

New!!: Chloroquine and In vitro · See more »

Interleukin-1 family

The Interleukin-1 family (IL-1 family) is a group of 11 cytokines that plays a central role in the regulation of immune and inflammatory responses to infections or sterile insults.

New!!: Chloroquine and Interleukin-1 family · See more »

Itch

Itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes the desire or reflex to scratch.

New!!: Chloroquine and Itch · See more »

Lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus is a collection of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues.

New!!: Chloroquine and Lupus erythematosus · See more »

Lymphocyte

A lymphocyte is one of the subtypes of white blood cell in a vertebrate's immune system.

New!!: Chloroquine and Lymphocyte · See more »

Lysosome

A lysosome is a membrane-bound organelle found in nearly all animal cells.

New!!: Chloroquine and Lysosome · See more »

Macrophage

Macrophages (big eaters, from Greek μακρός (makrós).

New!!: Chloroquine and Macrophage · See more »

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

New!!: Chloroquine and Malaria · See more »

Management of HIV/AIDS

The management of HIV/AIDS normally includes the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs in an attempt to control HIV infection.

New!!: Chloroquine and Management of HIV/AIDS · See more »

Mass drug administration

The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA).

New!!: Chloroquine and Mass drug administration · See more »

Mefloquine

Mefloquine, sold under the brand names Lariam among others, is a medication used to prevent or treat malaria.

New!!: Chloroquine and Mefloquine · See more »

Metronidazole

Metronidazole, marketed under the brand name Flagyl among others, is an antibiotic and antiprotozoal medication.

New!!: Chloroquine and Metronidazole · See more »

Neutropenia

Neutropenia or neutropaenia is an abnormally low concentration of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) in the blood.

New!!: Chloroquine and Neutropenia · See more »

Nitroimidazole

5-Nitroimidazole is an organic compound with the formula O2NC3H2N2H.

New!!: Chloroquine and Nitroimidazole · See more »

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.

New!!: Chloroquine and Ophthalmology · See more »

Pancytopenia

Pancytopenia is a medical condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red and white blood cells, as well as platelets.

New!!: Chloroquine and Pancytopenia · See more »

Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

New!!: Chloroquine and Parasitism · See more »

Phospholipase A2

Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) are enzymes that release fatty acids from the second carbon group of glycerol.

New!!: Chloroquine and Phospholipase A2 · See more »

Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that cause malaria in humans.

New!!: Chloroquine and Plasmodium falciparum · See more »

Plasmodium malariae

Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoa that causes malaria in humans.

New!!: Chloroquine and Plasmodium malariae · See more »

Plasmodium ovale

Plasmodium ovale is a species of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.

New!!: Chloroquine and Plasmodium ovale · See more »

Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen.

New!!: Chloroquine and Plasmodium vivax · See more »

Quinine

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis.

New!!: Chloroquine and Quinine · See more »

Radiosensitizer

A radiosensitizer is an agent that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

New!!: Chloroquine and Radiosensitizer · See more »

Reactive oxygen species

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are chemically reactive chemical species containing oxygen.

New!!: Chloroquine and Reactive oxygen species · See more »

Red blood cell

Red blood cells-- also known as RBCs, red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "hollow vessel", with -cyte translated as "cell" in modern usage), are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

New!!: Chloroquine and Red blood cell · See more »

Retina

The retina is the innermost, light-sensitive "coat", or layer, of shell tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs.

New!!: Chloroquine and Retina · See more »

Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints.

New!!: Chloroquine and Rheumatoid arthritis · See more »

SLC19A3

Thiamine transporter 2 (ThTr-2), also known as solute carrier family 19 member 3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC19A3 gene.

New!!: Chloroquine and SLC19A3 · See more »

Tariquidar

Tariquidar (INN/USAN) is a P-glycoprotein inhibitor undergoing research as an adjuvant against multidrug resistance in cancer.

New!!: Chloroquine and Tariquidar · See more »

Therapeutic index

The therapeutic index (TI; also referred to as therapeutic ratio) is a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity.

New!!: Chloroquine and Therapeutic index · See more »

Thiamine

Thiamine, also known as thiamin or vitamin B1, is a vitamin found in food, and manufactured as a dietary supplement and medication.

New!!: Chloroquine and Thiamine · See more »

Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of thrombocytes, also known as platelets, in the blood.

New!!: Chloroquine and Thrombocytopenia · See more »

Tinnitus

Tinnitus is the hearing of sound when no external sound is present.

New!!: Chloroquine and Tinnitus · See more »

Verapamil

Verapamil, sold under various trade names, is a medication used for the treatment of high blood pressure, angina (chest pain from not enough blood flow to the heart), and supraventricular tachycardia.

New!!: Chloroquine and Verapamil · See more »

Visual impairment

Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.

New!!: Chloroquine and Visual impairment · See more »

Volume of distribution

In pharmacology, the volume of distribution (VD, also known as apparent volume of distribution) is the theoretical volume that would be necessary to contain the total amount of an administered drug at the same concentration that it is observed in the blood plasma.

New!!: Chloroquine and Volume of distribution · See more »

WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.

New!!: Chloroquine and WHO Model List of Essential Medicines · See more »

Xenopus

Xenopus (Gk., ξενος, xenos.

New!!: Chloroquine and Xenopus · See more »

Zosuquidar

No description.

New!!: Chloroquine and Zosuquidar · See more »

4-Aminoquinoline

4-Aminoquinoline is a form of aminoquinoline with the amino group at the 4-position of the quinoline.

New!!: Chloroquine and 4-Aminoquinoline · See more »

Redirects here:

3377 RP opalate, ATC code P01BA01, Amokin, Aralen, Aralen HCl, Arechin, Arthrochin, Artrichin, Avlochlor, Avloclor, Bemaco, Bemaphate, Bemasulph, Benaquin, Bipiquin, C18H26ClN3, Capquin, Chemochin, Chingamin, Chlorochin, Chloroquine Hydrochloride, Chloroquine hydrochloride, Chloroquine phosphate, Chloroquine resistance, Choloroquine, Cidanchin, Cocartrit, Delagil, Dichinalex, Elestol, Gontochin, Heliopar, Imagon (drug), Iroquine, Klorokin, Lapaquin, Malaquin, Malarex, Mesylith, Neochin, Nivachine, Nivaquine, Nivaquine B, Pfizerquine, Plasmoquine, Quinachlor, Quinagamin, Quinagamine, Quinercyl, Quingamine, Quinilon, Quinoscan, Resochen, Resochin, Resoquina, Resoquine, Reumachlor, Reumaquin, Roquine, Sanoquin, Silbesan, Siragan, Solprina, Sopaquin, Tresochin, Trochin.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »