An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years. It has also been used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of giardiasis and malignant effusions. It is used in cell biological experiments as an inhibitor of phospholipase A2.
    

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Über die Wirkung des Atebrin bei der Impfmalaria der Paralytiker / von Prof. Sioli.

Malaria frontline : Australian Army research during World War II / Tony Sweeney.

The effects of mepacrine on the gastrointestinal tract of man / by the Army Malaria Research Unit and the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Oxford.

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Über die Wirkung des Atebrin bei der Impfmalaria der Paralytiker / von Prof. Sioli.

Malaria frontline : Australian Army research during World War II / Tony Sweeney.

The effects of mepacrine on the gastrointestinal tract of man / by the Army Malaria Research Unit and the Nuffield Institute for Medical Research, Oxford.