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. 2013 Nov 11;12:408. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-408

Table 1.

Activity data for anti-malarial drugs

COMPOUND 3D7 a
NF54-pfs16-GFP a
NF54-pfs16-GFP b
(I-III)/ABS (IV-V)/ABS
ABS early (I-III) gam late (IV-V) gam
4-Aminoquinolines
Amodiaquine
255 (65)
242 (110)
87%
0.9
 
Naphthoquines
411 (82)
483 (330)
NA
1.2
 
AQ-13
183 (0.01)
453 (230)
82%
2.5
 
Piperaquines
1880 (210)
3990 (2800)
43%
1.6
 
Hydroxychloroquines
966 (130)
1340 (140)
45%
1.4
 
Pyronaridine
299 (69)
250 (96)
4260 (240)
0.8
14.2
8-Aminoquinolines
Pamaquine
88%
79%
NA
 
 
Primaquine
7120 (1500)
NA
74%
 
 
Tafenoquine
5650 (1600)
4800 (1500)
4620 (1600)
0.8
0.8
NPC-1161B
3360 (860)
2180*
4850 (2700)
0.6
1.4
Endoperoxides
Artemether
25.8 (11)
11 (2.8)
3.13 (0.7)
0.4
0.1
Artenimol (DHA)
2.08 (0.6)
18.3 (17)
2.17 (1.2)
8.8
1.0
Artesunate
6.7 (1.6)
3.8 (0.28)
2.53 (1.10)
0.6
0.4
Artemisinin
41.6 (12)
12.1 (14)
5.47 (2.0)
0.3
0.1
Artemisone
3.72 (0.14)
2.4 (0.85)
1.7 (0.46)
0.6
0.5
Anti folates
Pyrimethamine
21.5 (0.07)
NA
NA
 
 
Chlorproguanil
6250 (520)
108%
4340 (840)
 
0.7
Proguanil HCl
78%
6540*
84%
 
 
Dapsone
NA
NA
NA
 
 
Sulphonamides
Sulfadiazine
NA
NA
NA
 
 
Sulfamethoxazole
NA
NA
NA
 
 
Sulfadoxine
NA
NA
NA
 
 
Amino alcohols
Halofantrine
136 (66)
135 (98)
31.9 (11)
1.0
0.2
Lumefantrines
137 (70)
107 (137)
2.07 (0.55)
0.8
0.0
Mefloquine (Racemic)
158 (33)
223 (120)
100 (3.6)
1.4
0.6
Mefloquine (+ RS)
133 (41)
226 (76)
134 (110)
1.7
1.0
Quinine sulfate
217 (0.7)
2110 (280)
318 (180)
9.7
1.5
Antibiotics
Trimethoprim
3740 (120)
NA
NA
 
 
Thiostrepton
913 (210)
959 (570)
556 (58)
1.1
0.6
Clindamycin
325 (64)
NA
NA
 
 
Cis-mirincamycin (HCl)
NA
NA
64%
 
 
Trans-mirincamycin (HCl)
86%
NA
66%
 
 
Tetracycline
2270 (170)
NA
NA
 
 
Other
Fosmidomycin mono sodiums
91%
NA
NA
 
 
Methylene blue trihydrate
21.9 (0.07)
280 (130)
287 (100)
12.8
13.1
Pentamidine 697 (36) 1560 (620) 2850 (540) 2.2 4.1

ABS Asexual blood stage, gam gametocyte, a n = 2, b n = 3. IC50 nM (SD), * n = 1 only, NA Not active at 40 μM, % at 40 μM. sPotential solubility issues with stock compounds in DMSO.