A simple, precise and accurate high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method has been established for quantitative determination of quinine. Conditions were also optimized for best possible extraction of quinine via varying concentrations of diethyl amine in different solvents (n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol) for maximum recovery of quinine. Methanol modified with 20 % DE...

In this paper, we provide an overview of the NTCIR-12 IMine-2 task, which is a core task of NTCIR-12 and also a succeeding work of IMine@NTCIR-11, INTENT-2@NTCIR-10, and INTENT@NTCIR-9 tasks. IMine-2 comprises the Query Understanding subtask and the Vertical Incorporating subtask. 23 groups from diverse countries including China, France, India, Portugal, Ireland, and Japan registered to the tas...

We examined the plasmatic concentrations of quinine in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in an endemic area of the Amazon region in Brazil in a prospective clinical trial, in which a standard three-day course of oral quinine plus doxycycline was used. We measured the quinine in the plasma samples on days 0 and 3 by high performance liquid chromatography. The mean concentration of q...

Conflicting reports exist regarding the ability of quinine to activate neurons in the trigeminal system. We used the complementary approaches of single-unit electrophysiology and c-fos immunohistochemistry to investigate whether quinine (100 mM) activates chemonociceptive cells in the brainstem trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc). In electrophysiological experiments, 38 units responded to noxio...

The pharmacokinetic and dynamic interactions among 3 antimalarials, ie quinine, doxycycline and mefloquine was observed in a 26-year-old Thai male patient with falciparum malaria. During the acute episode of the infection, the patient was treated with an intravenous dose of quinine hydrochloride at 600 mg qid, together with an oral dose of doxycycline 100 mg bid. Due to nausea, tinnitus and the...

BACKGROUND Quinine has anti-epileptic properties in animals. However, in humans this has not been systematically investigated. PURPOSE To examine the available research evidence on the effects of quinine on seizures in adults or children. METHODS We searched online databases for published and unpublished studies in any language from January 1966 to March 2011. We considered randomized contr...

The use of reversing agents to overcome drug resistance is a potential new treatment strategy for both malaria and cancer. Laboratory studies have raised questions about the safety of this therapeutic approach, but data in humans are lacking. We therefore assessed the toxic potential of reversing agent therapy in Thai patients receiving quinine (17 mg/kg given over 4.5 hr) for falciparum malari...

Many hands make light work: In an organocatalytic asymmetric sulfonation of enones, the activation of a sulfonyl imine by an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyst led to the release of a sulfinic anion, which underwent nucleophilic addition to the enone. The enantioselectivity of the process was controlled by a chiral thiourea/amine co-catalyst through anion recognition and hydrogen-bonding int...

Treatment of the imine PhC(=NSiMe3)py with Et2BOMe or BF3·Et2O afforded bicyclic ketiminoboranes and via intramolecular N-coordination. The basicity of the imine N is evidenced by their reactivity towards Brønsted and Lewis acids and the structures of ·HCl and ·BF3 are reported as well as the dipyridyl imine derivative ·HCl.