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. 1973 May;3(5):537–541. doi: 10.1128/aac.3.5.537

Antiviral Activity and Induction of Interferon-Like Substance by Quinacrine and Acranil

E T Gláz a, Erika Szolgay a, Ivana Stöger a, Margarita Tálas a,1
PMCID: PMC444452  PMID: 4790609

Abstract

Several drugs with certain structural similarities (tricyclic ring system with dialkylaminoalkyl side chains) to tilorone, a potent interferon inducer, were screened for antiviral activity in vivo. Two acridine drugs, Acranil and quinacrine, were found to be effective, the former being almost as protective as tilorone and the latter less so. Both agents induced an interferon-like substance which could be detected in the serum of treated mice. The concentration of the inhibitory factor in the serum was highest after exposure to tilorone, followed in turn by Acranil and quinacrine, based on the administration of equal weights of drugs. Both tilorone and Acranil induced lower levels of circulating interferon-like substance in Balb/c mice than in other strains of mice. The serum factor induced by Acranil was shown to be stable at pH 2.

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