Desethyl chloroquine

Desethyl chloroquine is a major desethyl metabolite of Chloroquine. Chloroquine diphosphate is an inhibitor of autophagy and toll-like receptors (TLRs) . Desethyl chloroquine possesses antiplasmodic activity[1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[1476-52-4]

UNSPSC

12352005

Hazard Statement

H302

Target

Autophagy; Parasite; Toll-like Receptor (TLR)

Type

Reference compound

Related Pathways

Anti-infection; Autophagy; Immunology/Inflammation

Applications

COVID-19-immunoregulation

Field of Research

Infection

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/desethyl-chloroquine.html

Solubility

10 mM in DMSO

Smiles

CC(NC1=CC=NC2=CC(Cl)=CC=C12)CCCNCC

Molecular Formula

C16H22ClN3

Molecular Weight

291.82

Precautions

P264-P270-P330-P501

References & Citations

[1]Ajayi FO, et al. Comparison of the partitioning in vitro of chloroquine and its desethyl metabolites between the erythrocytes and plasma of healthy subjects and those with falciparum malaria. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1989 Jun;18 (2) :95-100.|[2]Vodicka P, et al. Assessment of chloroquine treatment for modulating autophagy flux in brain of WT and HD mice. J Huntingtons Dis. 2014;3 (2) :159-74.|[3]Said A, et al. Chloroquine promotes IL-17 production by CD4+ T cells via p38-dependent IL-23 release by monocyte-derived Langerhans-like cells. J Immunol. 2014 Dec 15;193 (12) :6135-43.