quinacrine
noun
quin·a·crine
ˈkwi-nə-ˌkrēn 
: an antimalarial drug derived from acridine and used especially in the form of its dihydrochloride C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O
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March 10, 2009 - An anti-malaria drug known as quinacrine, which had reportedly shown promise against mad cow disease, is found to have no effect on the disease, according to a British medical study.
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Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 30 May 2021
And last year, scientists working with mouse brain cells found that the anti-malaria drug quinacrine and the anti-psychotic drug chlorpromazine interfered with the ability of prions to cause normal brain protein to misfold.
—Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 30 May 2021
And last year, scientists working with mouse brain cells found that the anti-malaria drug quinacrine and the anti-psychotic drug chlorpromazine interfered with the ability of prions to cause normal brain protein to misfold.
—Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
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quinacrine
noun
quin·a·crine
ˈkwin-ə-ˌkrēn
: an antimalarial drug derived from acridine and used especially in the form of its dihydrochloride C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O
called also mepacrine
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