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1. The metabolism of proguanil to the active metabolite cycloguanil has been evaluated in 135 British Troops and 26 Kenyan schoolchildren. 2. Large inter-subject variability was observed in both plasma and urinary concentrations of proguanil and cycloguanil after standard doses of drug. 3. Based on the ratio of proguanil to cycloguanil (P/C) in urine the British troops formed a non-normal distribution. 90% of the population formed a discrete distribution with P/C ranging from 0.5 to 9.0 while the remaining 10% were scattered throughout the distribution to an extreme value of 39. A similar pattern of variability was observed using P/C from a 6 h plasma sample. 4. This variability was due to differences in the ability of individuals to metabolise proguanil to cycloguanil. 5. Thirteen schoolchildren who had experienced malaria during prophylaxis with proguanil and thirteen matched controls each received proguanil (100 mg). We could not discriminate between the two groups based on P/C ratio in either a 6 h plasma or 0-6 h urine sample.
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