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This study was designed to closely mimic the pharmacological\/anti-malarial activity in man.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The Vietnam Smith\/RE strain of <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>, which is chloroquine-resistant was used in this study. Previous experimental procedures were followed. Panamanian owl monkeys (<jats:italic>Aotus<\/jats:italic>) were inoculated with 5\u00d710<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup> erythrocytes parasitized with the CQ-resistant strain of <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>. Oral drug treatment was with CQ (20 mg\/kg) and\/or tetrandrine at 15 mg\/Kg, 30 mg\/Kg or 60 mg\/Kg or 25 mg\/Kg depending on experimental conditions.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results and Discussion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Parasitaemia was cleared rapidly with CQ and TT while CQ treatment alone was ineffective. Recrudescence of malaria occurred after seven days post-infection. However, four animals were treated orally with TT and CQ parasites were cleared. It is likely that monkeys were cured via a combination of both drug and host immune responses. A single <jats:italic>Aotus<\/jats:italic> monkey infected with <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> and untreated with drugs, died. No side effects were observed with these drug treatments.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This combination of chloroquine and tetrandrine forms the basis of a new attack on chloroquine-resistant malaria - one based upon inhibition of the basis of chloroquine resistance, the multiple drug resistance pump. Previous studies demonstrated that the parasite MDR pump was found on parasite membranes using 3H azidopine photoaffinity labelling.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>Since MDR-based choloroquine resistance is induced by chloroquine, the basis of the action of tetrandrine is the following: 1) tetrandrine inhibits the MDR pump by stimulating MDR ATPase which limits the energy of the pump by depletion of parasite ATP, 2) tetrandrine blocks the genetic factor which controls the induction of the pump. Therefore, it appears that the parasite cannot outsmart these mechanisms and produce a new mode of resistance. 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