Chemical, Structural, Clinical and Biological details of Antiviral agents ID: DrugRepV_7070



Chemical Information
Antiviral agent IDDrugRepV_7070
Antiviral agent nameAmodiaquine derivative (AQD2)
Structural Information
2-D Structure is not available3-D Structure is not available
Clinical Information
CategoryAntiparasitic products, Insectisides and Repellents
Biological Information
Primary Indication (Disease Category) Infectious Disease
Primary Indication (Disease)Malaria
Secondary Indication West Nile virus (WNV) NA NAWorld Health OrganisationCDC
Secondary Indication (Approaches)Experimental
Secondary Indication (Methods)in-vitro
Secondary Indication (Model system) [cell lines/ animal models]Vero/WNV replicon
Secondary Indication (Mode of viral infection)Adsorption
Secondary Indication (Viral titer)1 MOI
Secondary Indication (Mode of drug delivery) Culture
Secondary Indication (Time of drug delivery) Post infection
Secondary Indication (Duration of drug delivery)24 hours
Secondary Indication (Drug concentration)50 μM
Secondary Indication (Cell based assay)Plaque assay
Secondary Indication (Change)Decrease
Secondary Indication (Type of Inhibition) Percentage Inhibition [ 50 % ]
ReferenceBoonyasuppayakorn S, Reichert ED, Manzano M, Nagarajan K, Padmanabhan R..Amodiaquine, an antimalarial drug, inhibits dengue virus type 2 replication and infectivity..Antiviral Res. 2014 Jun;106:125-34. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.03.014. Epub 2014 Mar 27. PMID:24680954 PubMed
CommentBoth phydroxyanilino and diethylaminomethyl moieties are important for amodiaquine to inhibit DENV2 replication and infectivity. Thus it is a promising candidate for anti-flaviviral therapy.