Evaluating the Genotoxicity of Hydroxychloroquine: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study

• Main Authors: Sudharsan Sankar (Author), Sharmishta Redipalli (Author), Indhuja Jayaraj (Author), Soumika Ghosal (Author), Venkatachalam Deepa Parvathi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a drug used to treat malarial parasites and it was extensively used during the initial phase of COVID-19. However, HCQ demonstrated certain serious effects when administered to patients. Hence, this study intends to determine its toxicity by exposing it to hum...