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Atabrine

American  
[at-uh-brin, -breen] / ˈæt ə brɪn, -ˌbrin /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of quinacrine.


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During the fight for the Pacific island of Guadalcanal, Marines rejected Atabrine.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

At that time, malaria was mostly treated with the quinine-like synthetic Atabrine, a medicine designed by German chemists in the early 1930s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

In his memoir, Gibbs says most of the soldiers were outside their tents “heaving up the Atabrine and everything else not securely anchored to their intestines.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020

Shannon gathered a group of researchers who could determine the correct dosage of the synthetic antimalarial Atabrine for U.S. soldiers serving in the Pacific.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2012

So our game with Watch Officer Williams and the Atabrine ended with him winning the final round.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac