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                                                                Synonyms: Alphaquine® | Amdaquine® | Amoquin® | Camoquin® | Flavoquine®
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                amodiaquine is an approved drug 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Amodiaquine is a 4-aminoquinoline antimalarial compound related to chloroquine. 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
| Ligand families/groups | Antimalarial ligands | 
| Approved drug? | Yes. | 
| WHO Essential Medicine | WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) (23rd List, 2023). Access PDF version. Click to view more information about the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines.  | 
                                                        
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 4-[(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)amino]-2-(diethylaminomethyl)phenol | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 1116 | amodiaquine | 
Synonyms ![]()  | 
                                                        
| Alphaquine® | Amdaquine® | Amoquin® | Camoquin® | Flavoquine® | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| BindingDB Ligand | 50041457 | 
| CAS Registry No. | 86-42-0 (source: PubChem) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL682 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00613 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 186 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 375973208 | 
| PubChem CID | 2165 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | CQA | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | OVCDSSHSILBFBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | OVCDSSHSILBFBN | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | amodiaquine | 
| Search PubMed titles | amodiaquine | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | amodiaquine | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OVCDSSHSILBFBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | OVCDSSHSILBFBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
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                                                                           Amodiaquine (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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