title: Recent studies on antimalarial efficacy of piperaquine and hydroxypiperaquine.
abstract: Piperaquine and hydroxypiperaquine seem to be successful candidates of antimalarial drugs in China. Their antimalarial efficacy, experimental resistance, combination, mode of antimalarial action and clinical trials are described briefly.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Antimalarial Drug Research, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000187:drug effects; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010879:Piperazines
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011804:Quinolines; C030684:hydroxypiperaquine; C034759:piperaquine; D010879:Piperazines