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MeSH Heading: Antimalarials
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.122.250.100.085
Unique ID: D000962
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000962
Scope Note: Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)
Entry Term(s): Anti-Malarial; Anti-Malarials; Antimalarial; Antimalarial Agent; Antimalarial Agents; Antimalarial Drug; Antimalarial Drugs
See Also: Antirheumatic Agents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0001469
Scope Note: Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)
Terms: Antimalarials Preferred Term
Term UI T002953
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Antimalarial Agent
Term UI T000997122
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anti-Malarials
Term UI T536251
Date03/21/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Antimalarial Agents
Term UI T002954
Date07/28/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antimalarial Drugs
Term UI T002955
Date07/28/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antimalarial Drug
Term UI T000997119
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anti-Malarial
Term UI T000997121
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antimalarial
Term UI T000997120
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Antimalarials MeSH Descriptor Data 2025