Desethyl chloroquine (diphosphate)

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

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[247912-76-1]

UNSPSC

12352005

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-diphosphate.html

Concentration

10mM

Purity

99.72

Solubility

DMSO : 2.63 mg/mL (ultrasonic; warming; heat to 60°C) |H2O : 50 mg/mL (ultrasonic)

Smiles

CC(NC1=CC=NC2=CC(Cl)=CC=C12)CCCNCC.O=P(O)(O)O.O=P(O)(O)O

Molecular Formula

C16H28ClN3O8P2

Molecular Weight

487.81

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.