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. 2009 Mar 23;53(6):2564–2568. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01466-08

TABLE 1.

Efficacies of known heme crystallization inhibitors

Compound IC50 for heme crystallization
IC50 for P. falciparum 3D7 proliferation (nM)
CFHCS
Phiβ assay (equivalents)a,b
μM Equivalentsb
AMQ 67.0 ± 0.67 0.3 ± 0.001 1.45 ± 0.08 6.8 ± 2.3
CQ 374.1 ± 0.29 1.7 ± 0.003 1.91 ± 0.3 12.6 ± 2.3
MQ 476.1 ± 0.88 2.16 ± 0.004 2.90 ± 0.1 12.3 ± 2.0
a

Data are from reference 17.

b

IC50 values in the Phiβ assay were reported in molar equivalents of drug to heme, a convention that allows comparisons between heme crystallization assays.