Mechanism-based design of parasite-targeted artemisinin derivatives: Synthesis and antimalarial activity of benzylamino and alkylamino ether analogues of artemisinin

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4511-4514

  O'Neill, Paul M ^a   Bishop, Laurence P ^a   Storr, Richard C ^a   Hawley, Shaun R ^a   Maggs, James L ^a   Ward, Stephen A ^a   Park, B Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10BETA [[4 [(DIETHYLAMINO)METHYL]BENZYL]OXY]DIHYDROARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CELL LINE; CHLOROQUINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0029987392     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9604944     Document Type: Article

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