👉 Penelopine is a class of antimalarial drugs that are used to treat malaria. It belongs to the class of drugs known as pyrithromycin, which is one of the most widely used antibiotics in medicine today. Penelopine works by binding to and blocking the action of a protein called pyrimidine nucleotide synthase (PNS) on the DNA molecule. This prevents the replication of malaria parasites, such as Plasmodium falciparum,
