azacrine

azacrine

English

Noun

azacrine (uncountable)

1. A particular mepacrine analogue.
   • 1961, WHO Technical Report Series (page 16)

     Azacrine, an analogue of mepacrine, showed good schizontocidal activity and low toxicity against P. gallinaceum and P. berghei […]

   • 1981, Biochemical Journal (volume 193, page 334)

     The flexible side chain of atabrine may be shortened, and the substituents on the methylene groups or terminal amino groups changed to yield azacrine or acranil, with little change in effectiveness.