Desethylchloroquine diphosphate salt

Uses

Desethyl chloroquine diphosphate is a major desethyl metabolite of Chloroquine. Chloroquine diphosphate is an inhibitor of autophagy and toll-like receptors (TLRs). Desethyl chloroquine diphosphate possesses antiplasmodic activity[1][2].

in vivo

IC 50

Plasmodium; TLRs

References

[1] Ajayi FO, et al. Comparison of the partitioning in vitro of chloroquine and its desethyl metabolites between the erythrocytes and plasma of healthy subjects and those with falciparum malaria. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1989 Jun;18(2):95-100. PMID:2547293
[2] Vodicka P, et al. Assessment of chloroquine treatment for modulating autophagy flux in brain of WT and HD mice. J Huntingtons Dis. 2014;3(2):159-74. DOI:10.3233/JHD-130081
[3] Said A, et al. Chloroquine promotes IL-17 production by CD4+ T cells via p38-dependent IL-23 release by monocyte-derived Langerhans-like cells. J Immunol. 2014 Dec 15;193(12):6135-43. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1303276