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sitamaquine

sitamaquine noun: a particular aminoquinoline that may be an antileishmanial drug.

Noun

sitamaquine (uncountable)

  1. A particular aminoquinoline that may be an antileishmanial drug
    • Apart from amphotericin B and sitamaquine that can be considered as control drugs in this screening, clofazimine was the only compound exhibiting activity in the Leishmania donovani intracellular assay as well as an acceptable level of selectivity (SI ~10) (Table 3, S4 Fig ).2015 August 14, “Antiprotozoal Activity Profiling of Approved Drugs: A Starting Point toward Drug Repositioning”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of sitamaquine

From -quine (“quinoline derivative”).

Questions about sitamaquine

What does sitamaquine mean?
Sitamaquine means a particular aminoquinoline that may be an antileishmanial drug.
What part of speech is sitamaquine?
Sitamaquine is a noun.

Words near sitamaquine in the dictionary

  1. sitagliptin
  2. Sitakunda Upazila
  3. sitalidone
  4. sitalpatti
  5. sitalpattis
  6. sitamaquine
  7. Sitamarhi
  8. Sitanagaram
  9. sitaphal
  10. sitaphals
  11. Sitapi

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