Meanings
nounazacrine (uncountable)
- uncountableA particular mepacrine analogue.
Azacrine, an analogue of mepacrine, showed good schizontocidal activity and low toxicity against P. gallinaceum and P. berghei […]
1961, WHO Technical Report Series, page 161 more example
The flexible side chain of atabrine may be shortened, and the substituents on the methylene groups or terminal amino groups changed to yield azacrine or acranil, with little change in effectiveness.
1981, Biochemical Journal, volume 193, page 334
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