Experiment 929756

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationSOWUNMI,A: SALAKO,A: LAOYE,OJ: ADEROUNMU,AF:. (1990). COMBINATION OF QUININE, QUINIDINE, AND CINCHONINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE FALCIPARUM MALARIA: CORRELATION WITH THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM TO THE CINCHONA ALKALOIDS IN VITRO.. 84()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease13 PATIENTS PARTICIPATED IN A RANDOMIZED, OPEN TRIAL OF LA40221, A DRUG CONTAINING EQUAL PARTS OF QUININE, QUINIDINE AND CINCHONINE. DOSING WAS ONCE EVERY 8 HOURS FOR 7 DAYS. PARASITEMIA CLEARED IN 29 HRS, FEVER IN 10 HRS. THIS WAS COMPARABLE TO A CONTROL GROUP TREATED WITH QUININE ONLY. MINOR GASTROINTESTINAL SIDE EFFECTS WERE NOTED, BUT NOT CINCHONISM. NO OTHER MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS WERE FOUND. ANOTHER GROUP RECEIVED ALKALOID DOSES OF 166.7 MG WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE IN RESULTS.
Dose amount133.3 MG
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE