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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Drug Metab. 2011 Jan;12(1):51–56. doi: 10.2174/138920011794520008

Table 1.

Pharmacogenetics of Antimalarial Drugs (Modified From Reference): [48]

Drug Mechanism of Metabolism/Transport Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Amodiaquine CYP2C8, −1A1, −1B1 CYP2C8*3, CYP2C8*2
Artemisinins CYP2A6, −3A4/5, −2B6 (secondary), UGT1A9, −2B7, −3A4 and MDR1 inducer --
Chloroquine CYP2C8, −3A4/5, −2D6, MDR1 --
Chlorproguanil/proguanil CYP2C19, −3A4 CYP2C19
Mefloquine CYP3A4, MDR1, BCRP ABCB1 1236, −2677, −3435, ABCG2
Primaquine CYP1A2, −3A4 G6PD
Quinine CYP3A4/5, −2C9, MDR1 CYP3A5*3