Is haemozoin a target for antimalarial drugs?

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Meshnick, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; FREE RADICAL; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; IRON; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029839738     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813065     Document Type: Article

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