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THE observation by Hammick and Chambers1 that 2-chloro-5-amino-7-hydroxyacridine is a breakdown product of mepacrine found in human urine shows that the side-chain of mepacrine is removed by the scission of a C–N linkage.
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BLASCHKO, H., DUTHIE, R. Action of Mepacrine on Diamine Oxidase. Nature 156, 113 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156113a0
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