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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. 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
                                    The Malaria tab on this ligand page provides additional curator comments of relevance to the Guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY.  | 
                                    
                                        
                                         
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| Guide to Malaria Pharmacology Comments | 
| Potential Target/Mechanism Of Action: As the precise MOA of amodiaquine is not yet known, we do not have a molecular target for this compound. It is thought that amodiaquine has a similar MOA to chloroquine, killing the malaria parasite by causing a build up of toxic heme by inhibiting the enzyme that normally converts it to non-toxic haemozoin [2]. |