Enhancement of the antimalarial effect of chloroquine by chloropheniramine in vivo

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-183

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b   Oduola, A M J ^a   Ogundahunsi, O A T ^a   Salako, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Chloroquine; Chloroquine resistance; Chlorpheniramine; Falciparum malaria; In vivo; Reversal

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PHENIRAMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031978407     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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