antimalarial drug

collocation in English

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anti-malarial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌæn.ti.məˈleə.ri.əl/us
/ˌæn.taɪ.məˈler.i.əl/
preventing or treating malaria (= a disease, common in many hot countries, that you can get from the bite of a flying insect called ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk
/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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Why is it thatantimalarialdrugtreatments do not always work?
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The extracted substance, once subject to purification, proved to be a usableantimalarialdrug.
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It remained theantimalarialdrugof choice until the 1940s, when other drugs such as chloroquine that have fewer unpleasant side effects replaced it.
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Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone with an endoperoxide bridge and has been produced semisynthetically as anantimalarialdrug.
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Quinine remained the first-lineantimalarialdrugof choice until the 1940s, when other drugs replaced it.
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The study marked the first human test of theantimalarialdrugprimaquine.
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The treatment of tropical splenomegaly syndrome involve administration ofantimalarialdrugfollowed by prophylaxis for prolonged periods of time.
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Recent research has suggested a role for retinoids in cutaneous adverse effects for a variety of drugs including theantimalarialdrugproguanil.
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Therapies that combine artemisinin with some otherantimalarialdrugare the preferred treatment for malaria and are both effective and well tolerated in patients.
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It remained theantimalarialdrugof choice until the 1940s, when other drugs took over.
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The possibility of profit inantimalarialdrugdevelopment was considered too low to attract pharmaceutical investment.
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Its mission is to reduce the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and facilitating delivery of new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs.
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Because apicoplasts are vital to parasite survival, they provide an enticing target for antimalarial drugs.
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Recommended treatment for severe malaria is the intravenous use of antimalarial drugs.
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As with other quinoline antimalarial drugs, the mechanism of action of quinine has not been fully resolved.
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It was speculated that dexrazoxane could be used for further investigation to synthesize new antimalarial drugs.
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In 1999, the pipeline for new antimalarial drugs was virtually empty.
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It is also necessary to study populations in which random use of antimalarial drugs does not occur.
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Antimalarial drugs using synthetic metal-based complexes are attracting research interest.
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