Metabolism of primaquine in normal human volunteers: investigation of phase I and phase II metabolites from plasma and urine using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Abstract Background Primaquine (PQ), an 8-aminoquinoline, is the only drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for radical cure and prevention of relapse in Plasmodium vivax infections. Knowledge of the metabolism of PQ is critical for understanding the therapeutic efficacy an...

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Main Authors: Bharathi Avula, Babu L. Tekwani, Narayan D. Chaurasiya, Pius Fasinu, N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara, H. M. T. Bhandara Herath, Yan-Hong Wang, Ji-Yeong Bae, Shabana I. Khan, Mahmoud A. Elsohly, James D. McChesney, Peter A. Zimmerman, Ikhlas A. Khan, Larry A. Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2433-z