Quinine has been employed in the treatment of malaria for centuries and is still used against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, its interactions with the parasite remain poorly understood and subject to debate. In this study, we used the Saccharomyces cerevisiae eukaryotic model to better understand quinine's mode of action and the mechanisms underlying the cell response to the dru...

A 58-year-old man experienced episodes of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea over a 2-year period. The laboratory evaluation during these attacks consistently disclosed thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and elevated liver enzymes. A liver biopsy performed at one of these attacks showed a typical picture of granulomatous hepatitis. In retrospect, all episodes seemed to be associated with the ingestion of...

Stereocontrolled Mn-mediated radical addition of alkyl iodides to chiral N-acylhydrazones enables strategic C-C bond disconnection of chiral amines. This strategy was examined in the context of a total synthesis of quinine, generating new findings of functional group compatibility leading to a revised strategy. Completion of a formal synthesis of quinine is presented, validating the application...

Quinine was employed as a resolving agent for racemic malic acid. The resultant product was a quininium salt containing 75 % of the D-malate anion. Quinine was also crystallized with pure Land D-malic acids and the structures of the resulting diastereomeric salts were elucidated. The crystal packings were analyzed in terms of their non-bonded interactions and the conformation of the quinine, wh...

Artemisinin was reduced to dihydroartemisinin and coupled to a carboxylic acid derivative of quinine via an ester linkage. This novel hybrid molecule had potent activity against the 3D7 and (drug-resistant) FcB1 strains of Plasmodium falciparum in culture. The activity was superior to that of artemisinin alone, quinine alone, or a 1:1 mixture of artemisinin and quinine.

This study presents a tracer technique based on the fluorescent properties of quinine to help visualization shallow flows and allow quantitative measurement overland flow velocities. Laboratory experiments were conducted compare traditional dye thermal techniques with this novel (quinine) by injecting solution other tracers into flowing surface water. The leading-edge velocities, estimated usin...

In spite of the wide use of quinine in the treatment of malaria, and of quinidine in the therapy of cardiac arrhythmias, little information exists concerning the metabolic fate of the cinchona alkaloids administered to man. As early as 1869, Kerner (1) isolated from the urine of subjects receiving quinine a substance thought to be quinetine, a derivative of quinine in which the vinyl side chain...

BACKGROUND In humans, convulsive diseases such as temporal lobe epilepsy are usually accompanied by learning and memory impairments. In recent years, the role of gap junction channels as an important target of antiepileptic drugs has been studied and discussed. Quinine, as a gap junction blocker of connexin 36, can abolish ictal epileptiform activity in brain slices. OBJECTIVES The role of qu...

Three patients are described who developed severe thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure after ingestion of quinine. In one patient, the same clinical findings recurred several months later after another exposure to quinine. Serum from one patient contained quinine-dependent IgG antibodies reactive with the platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib/IX complex. In the s...