Febrifugine is a quinazolinonealkaloid first isolated from the Chinese herb Dichroa febrifuga, but also found in the garden plant Hydrangea.[1] Laboratory synthesis of febrifugine determined that the originally reported stereochemistry was incorrect.[2]
Febrifugine has antimalarial properties and the synthetic halogenatedderivativehalofuginone is used in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat. Other synthetic febrifugine derivatives have been used against malaria, cancer, fibrosis, and inflammatory disease.[3]
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^Kobayashi, Shū; Ueno, Masaharu; Suzuki, Ritsu; Ishitani, Haruro; Kim, Hye-Sook; Wataya, Yusuke (1999). "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Antimalarial Alkaloids Febrifugine and Isofebrifugine and Their Biological Activity". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64 (18): 6833–6841. doi:10.1021/jo990877k. PMID11674693.