Aminoquinoline

Aminoquinoline are derivatives of quinoline, most notable for their roles as antimalarial drugs.

Depending upon the location of the amino group, they can be divided into:

Antiparasitics – antiprotozoal agents – Chromalveolate antiparasitics (P01)

Cryptosporidiosis	thiazole (nitazoxanide)

Isosporiasis	trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole^#

Toxoplasmosis	pyrimethamine sulfadiazine

Malaria

Individual
agents

aminoquinolines	(4-): amodiaquine^# chloroquine^# (8-): primaquine^# pamaquine

4-methanolquinolines	mefloquine^# quinine^# quinidine

Other	lumefantrine combined with artemether halofantrine

DHFR inhibitors (antifols)	pyrimethamine proguanil^# chlorproguanil biguanides

Sulfonamides	sulfadoxine sulfamethoxypyrazine

Coformulation	sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP)^#

Sesquiterpene
lactones

Other

Combi-
nations

Fixed-dose (coformulated) ACTs	artemether/lumefantrine^# artesunate/amodiaquine (ASAQ) artesunate/mefloquine (ASMQ) dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine artesunate/pyronaridine

Other combinations (not co-formulated)	artesunate/SP artesunate/mefloquine quinine/tetracycline quinine/doxycycline quinine/clindamycin

Cilio-
phora

Index of protozoan infection

Description	Alveolata Amoebozoa Excavata Protist

Disease	Amoebozoa Chromalveolate Excavata

Treatment	Drugs amoeboa chromalveolate excavata