Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Can pharmacogenomics improve malaria drug policy?

Mary W Roederer, Howard McLeod & Jonathan J Juliano

Volume 89, Number 11, November 2011, 838-845

Table 3. Potential drug–gene relationships for first-line treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in non-pregnant adults

Drug Gene
Artesunate CYP2B6
UGT1A9
UGT2B7
Artemether CYP3A4/5
CYP2C8
UGT1A9
UGT2B7
Amodiaquine CYP2C8
ABCB1
Mefloquine ABCB1
Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine No data
Lumefantrine No data