Nanoencapsulation increases quinine antimalarial efficacy against Plasmodium berghei in vivo.

The aims of this work were to develop quinine (QN)-loaded nanocapsules, to evaluate their efficacy in vivo and to determine their pharmacokinetics and erythrocyte partition coefficient. Plasmodium berghei-infected Wistar rats were used to evaluate the efficacy of QN-loaded nanocapsules using different dosing regimens. Pharmacokinetics was evaluated after intravenous administration of free or nanoencapsulated QN (25 mg/kg) to infected rats.