quinacrine

IPA: kwinˈɑkrin

A drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O

Examples of "quinacrine" in Sentences

Quinacrine non surgical sterilization for women QS .
Quinacrine binds to the adenine thymine rich regions.
Metronidazole is often used, but quinacrine is cheaper.
Quinacrine was initially approved in the 1930s as an antimalarial drug.
Quinacrine mustard bound to the active site of trypanothione reductase.
Chemical sterilization of women by "permanent scarring" with the quinacrine drug
(Half an hour before giving quinacrine, give an antihistamine like promethazine to help prevent vomiting.)
But population controllers have sterilized many Third-World women with quinacrine, which is controversial even among population controllers.
Rowley relied instead on the unique quinacrine staining patterns that appeared on partly elongated chromosomes generated by brief treatment of patient cells with the microtubule polymerization inhibitor, vinblastine.
A multi-center, Phase I single-dose ascending trial of CBLC102 the predecessor of these Curaxins, formerly known as anti-malaria drug quinacrine, is ongoing in patients with gastrointestinal and liver tumors in The Russian Federation.
Rowley advanced this work by examining chromosomes microscopically using a combination of staining techniques (Giemsa and the fluorescent antimalarial drug, quinacrine) to discern that the missing portion of chromosome 22 had been added to the long arm of chromosome 9 in CLL patients.