AIM: To study the mechanism of antimalarial action of nitroquine. METHODS: Intraerythrocytic P. yoelii was cultured by the method of Trager and Jensen. The amount of [3H]-ethanolamine incorporation was measured as an index of the phospholipid synthesis. DPH was used as a probe to measure the plasmodial fluorescent polarization. RESULTS: The incorporation of [3H]-ethanolamine into the P. yoelii infected erthrocytes was markedly inhibited by nitroquine. The plasmodial membrane polarization and viscosity were significantly increased by nitroquine. CONCLUSION: Nitroquine could inhibit the phospholipid synthesis and decrease the membrane fluidity of P. yoelii.
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