In vitro activities of pyronaridine, alone and in combination with other antimalarial drugs, against Plasmodium falciparum

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Jun;43(6):1525-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.43.6.1525.

Abstract

The in vitro activities of pyronaridine, alone and in combination with established antimalarial drugs, were assessed by isotopic microtest. Pyronaridine was highly active against all Cameroonian isolates. A positive correlation was observed between the response to pyronaridine and that to chloroquine. Drug combination studies showed synergy between pyronaridine and primaquine, additive effects with 4-aminoquinolines, and weak antagonism with dihydroartemisinin, antifolates, or amino alcohols.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Naphthyridines / pharmacology*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Drug Combinations
  • Naphthyridines
  • pyronaridine