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Biological Activity:
A potential agent as an oral treatment of life-threatening visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania donovani, with an IC50 of 29.2 μM against the promastigote form in vitro.
References:
AM Duenas-Romero et al. Interaction of sitamaquine with membrane lipids of Leishmania donovani promastigotes. Biochim. Biophy. Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 2007, 1768(2), 246-252. [online]
C Lopez-Martin et al. Sitamaquine Sensitivity in Leishmania Species Is Not Mediated by Drug Accumulation in Acidocalcisomes. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2008, 52(11), 4030-4036. [online]
Chemical Name: N,N-diethyl-N'-(6-methoxy-4-methyl-quinolin-8-yl)hexane-1,6-diamine tosylate
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