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Table 4 Peroxidative degradation of haemin at pH 5

From: Differences in anti-malarial activity of 4-aminoalcohol quinoline enantiomers and investigation of the presumed underlying mechanism of action

Compound

Unchanged haemin (%)

  

30 min

60 min

Negative control

Water

98 ± 6.0a

93 ± 5.9

 

MeOH/DMSO

98 ± 1.0

97 ± 1.3

Positive control

Water

45 ± 7.0

36 ± 5.3

 

MeOH/DMSO

41 ± 6.2*

33 ± 4.5

Chloroquine

53 ± 10.6

45 ± 8.5

Mefloquine

48 ± 9.1

39 ± 7.2

(R)-1

46 ± 7.3

39 ± 4.9

(S)-1

47 ± 7.8

40 ± 5.0

(R)-2

63 ± 2.8**

48 ± 3.6***

(S)-2

63 ± 4.1**

49 ± 3.8

(R)-3

73 ± 2.4

60 ± 2.7

(S)-3

73 ± 2.0

59 ± 2.9

(R)-4

50 ± 12.7

45 ± 12.7

(S)-4

49 ± 12.1

45 ± 11.1

(R)-5

49 ± 11.1

44 ± 11.3

(S)-5

50 ± 13.5

45 ± 14.3

(R)-6

71 ± 2.6$

57 ± 3.9£

(S)-6

70 ± 4.6$

56 ± 4.5£

  1. a: results given as mean ± standard deviation
  2. *: significantly lower values than water positive control ones at the same time point (p ≤ 0.0124)
  3. Significantly higher values at the same time point than those of:
  4. **: chloroquine, mefloquine and compounds (R)-1, (S)-1, (S)-4, (R)-4, (R)-5, (S)-5 (p ≤ 0.0357)
  5. ***: mefloquine and compounds (R)-1, (S)-1, (R)-4, (S)-4, (R)-5, (S)-5 (p ≤ 0.0357)
  6. : mefloquine and compounds (R)-1, (S)-1 (p ≤ 0.0012)
  7. : chloroquine, mefloquine and all other compounds but (R)-6 and (S)-6 (p ≤ 0.0006)
  8. $: chloroquine, mefloquine and compounds (R)-1, (S)-1, (R)-4, (S)-4, (R)-5, (S)-5 (p 0.0025)
  9. £: chloroquine, mefloquine and compounds (R)-1, (S)-1, (R)-4, (S)-4 (p ≤ 0.0424)