How is chloroquine effective drug?

Divya Gupta @Divya-Gupta-36

09 November 2017 1 6K Report

Why is chloroquine superior to human LDH and why is it effective?

thanks in advance.

Ishag Adam

I think whenever chloroquine is mentioned , malaria will jump to our mind

Please do you mean chloroquine in malaria?

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