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説明Chloroguanide is active with respect to exoerythrocyte and erythrocyte forms of plasmodia. It is most beneficial for suppressive therapy. It is used for preventing malaria, and it should be started 2 weeks before entering a malarial zone and should be taken for 8 weeks. Synonyms of this drug are biguanide, bigunal, paludrine, proguanil, and others.

使用Proguanil is medicaments; used in preparation of pyrrolecarboxamide derivatives as anti-malarial agents.

定義ChEBI: A biguanide compound which has isopropyl and p-chlorophenyl substituents on the terminal N atoms. A prophylactic antimalarial drug, it works by inhibiting the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, which is involved in the reproduction of the malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax within the red blood cells.