Definition of Mepacrine

1. Noun. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mepacrine

menyanthes
menyie
menyies
menyvere
meou
meoued
meouing
meous
meow
meowed
meowier
meowiest
meowing
meows
meowy
mepacrine (current term)
mepacrine hydrochloride
mepartricin
mepazine acetate
mepenzolate
mepenzolate bromide
meperidine
meperidine hydrochloride
meperidines
meph
mephedrine
mephedrone
mephenesin
mephenoxalone
mephentermine

Literary usage of Mepacrine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"mepacrine 3 or 4 mg. once, orally, 24 hours before virus. ... As usual the sex- difference was enhanced by the suboptimal dose of mepacrine. ..."

2. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"As shown in Table 2, mepacrine attenuated the ROS and ionomycin-induced release of [3H]AA and accumulation of [3H]AA metabolites. ..."

3. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"Roberts, J., and Segal, AW The digestion of bacterial macromolecules by phagocytic cells: The effect of mepacrine and ethanol. Immunology 62:581-586,1987. ..."

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